The Antarctic Meteorite Collection at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) in Japan has been recognized as a Geo-collection by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).

A once-in-a-lifetime experience; nowhere else in Europe can visitors touch a fragment of the Moon, snap a selfie holding a piece of Mars and lay their hands on a meteorite older than Earth.

The Museum meteorite collection contains more than 5,000 registered samples, representing about 2,000 different meteorites (there are often multiple samples from the same meteorite). There are 117 ...

Meteorites have great scientific value, and rare types of meteorites also have significant monetary value. The meteorite collection of Luomus is a Finnish national treasure. It is developed and ...

“Not so sure it came from outer space,” said Tim McCoy, curator of the meteorite collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Speaking to NPR’s Debbie Elliot, McCoy ...

The Antarctic Meteorite Collection at the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan houses 17,400 meteorites. News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution ...

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.

Herd, the curator of the University of Alberta meteorite collection, he first saw specimens recovered from Bruderheim as a kid in Ottawa, where his father was the keeper of the national collection.