Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

The discovery that weather radar systems can detect meteorite falls marks a significant leap in how scientists study and ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

Meteorites are primarily stony chondrites, but also include iron-rich achondrites and pallasites. Studying meteors provides ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...

An amateur astronomer in Denmark has advised the local population in Zealand town Lumsås to check their houses and gardens ...

“This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue,” said meteor astronomer and lead author Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA ...