This event marked the largest fall of its kind since the Murchison meteorite in Australia in 1969, with a total of 27 ...

(CNN) --Separate nomadic bands in northwest Africa have discovered two martian meteorites, bringing the total of identified red planet rocks to 26, planet scientists announced this week.

One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists another big surprise, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas ...

Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short orbits moving just inside the ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from ...

In 1954 in Alabama, a meteorite the size of a grapefruit crashed through a roof, bounced off a radio and hit Anne Hodges as she sat in her living room. Luckily she got away with just bruising and ...

Discover how a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite fragment in the Natural History Museum's collection hid a secret about the origins of our solar system. On Christmas Eve 1965, a meteorite the size of a ...

Scientists think they may have come from space. For years scientists had been finding organic compounds in meteorites, but could not rule out the possibility that they were Earth-based contamination.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A geologic map of the asteroid belt has been developed by tracing meteorite falls to their origins. This effort, involving global networks of cameras and citizen ...

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system. What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid?

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) In April 2019, primitive meteorites fell near Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica, marking the largest fall of its kind since 1969. The meteorite entered Earth's atmosphere ...