Herd confirmed that they originated from an “ordinary chondrite,” the most common type of meteorite which is comprised of nickel and iron, among other elements. He believed that the specimen ...

If we cut our Earth in half, we would also see an iron and nickel core in the middle Caroline says, 'This type of meteorite is made from iron, nickel metal and a mineral called olivine. This is a ...

At a Bronze Age dwelling in Mörigen, Switzerland, in the late 1800s, archaeologists discovered a 3,000-year-old arrowhead. For over a century, the artifact has been part of the Bern Historical ...

The source of the splotch was officially registered on Monday as the Charlottetown meteorite, named after the city on Prince Edward Island, in eastern Canada, where it landed. Only 69 meteorites ...

At the other end of the spectrum, there are the iron meteorites, which again, are fairly self-explanatory. They’re rich in iron – or, often, iron-nickel compounds, sometimes with traces of ...

A sharp crash that sounds like glass shattering or ice cracking has been documented as likely the world's first audio recording of a meteorite crash. It came by chance from a doorbell camera ...

Curious about the dust the homeowners checked the video footage from their security camera and saw an astounding moment - a rock that appeared to be a meteorite falling from space and crash ...

After years of futile attempts to crack it open, he took it to the Melbourne Museum, where it was identified as the 4.6-billion-year-old Maryborough meteorite. This rare find, estimated to be ...

Herd confirmed that they originated from an “ordinary chondrite,” the most common type of meteorite which is comprised of nickel and iron, among other elements. He believed that the specimen ...