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

However, not all of those celestial bodies survived, and a new analysis of a the meteorite NWA 15915 shows that it likely originated from a world that was similar to Mercury in its composition—but not ...

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

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...

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

Jenniskens and Devillepoix find that low iron (L chondrite) and very low iron (LL chondrite) meteorites come to us primarily from the inner main belt. Scientists have long linked the LL chondrites to ...

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

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in Western ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

Previously, the Vredefort Dome had been the only dated impact structure. The 2 billion-year-old crater can be found in South ...

"The dog may have a mop of hair like yours or the same quizzical look on its face ... "Think about it like this: When you go to a rock concert, somewhere during the show, the band plays the ...