This is particularly puzzling, as a vast majority of meteorites can be traced to some well-known parent body—whether that be ...

Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...

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 ...

This discovery challenges our understanding of Earth’s early history and could shed light on the origins of life.

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

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

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

Study lead author Albert Jambon, an archaeometallurgist and professor emeritus at Sorbonne University in Paris, said the ...

Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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

Hunting for what could be the country's eleventh meteorite is like looking for a needle in a haystack, an expert says.