In 2013, researchers announced that a pebble found in south-west Egypt, was definitely not from Earth. By 2015, other research teams had announced that the ‘Hypatia’ stone was not part of any known ...

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A meteorite fragment that burst through the roof of a Georgia home last June has been determined to be billions of years old and to predate the Earth, according to a geology professor. "A lot of ...

THE question arises whether meteorites in general have had a common origin, and in particular whether the stone meteorites have had an origin different from that of the iron meteorites. One line of ...

Blackened and irregular, the prehistoric beads found in a centuries-old Illinois grave don’t look like anything special. But the latest analysis 1 shows that they were fashioned from an exotic ...

Humans are still dreaming about landing on Mars. But periodically, chunks of the Red Planet come crashing down on Earth. Now, one of those rare Mars rocks is heading to auction. The largest Martian ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - One of the few meteorites from the surface of Mars could fetch millions of dollars at auction. The meteorite, known as the "last piece of Mars on Earth," is 54 pounds and holds the ...