For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...

On The Block: A doghouse that was struck by an asteroid has the second-highest estimate at an upcoming Christie's auction. An upcoming Christie’s auction has collectors starry-eyed: Deep Impact, ...

In the market for a gun that is out of this world? Then the Big Bang pistol may just be for you … provided you’ve got very, very deep pockets. Parts of the 4.5 billion-year-old Gibeon meteorite that ...

CANBERRA, Australia. — For the first time, scientists have been able to precisely map the flight path of an asteroid that landed on Earth and trace it back to its point of origin. The boulder-size ...

Two asteroids smashed into one another about 470 million years ago, spilling their cosmic guts out into the solar system. Today, scientists reported that they have found a new kind of meteorite which ...

If you have some serious cash lying around, a chunk of the moon could be yours. A piece of lunar meteorite is on sale at auction, and experts estimate the final price will tally at keast $340,000. The ...

As an asteroid caught the world’s attention this week, approaching Earth on a trajectory to pass within the moon’s orbit, a senior research scientist who specializes in studying rocks from space was ...

Until now, only a small fraction of meteorites that land on Earth had been firmly linked back to their parent body out in ...

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The Fukang pallasite at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona. Copyright 2014 Symeon Platts/Arizona Board of Regents Cut off a thin slice of ...