The Northwest Africa (NWA) 15915 meteorite weighs 2.84 kilogrammes and supposedly belongs to a Mercury-like planet that has been dead for a long time. A team made the discovery of scientists led by ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over one big question: where do meteorites come from? These rocky visitors crash into Earth from space, but tracing their paths back to specific locations in the ...

its orbit can tell us where it came from and what it’s made of—important information for protecting our planet. There’s more to discover. As more meteorite falls are tracked and recovered ...