Researchers find a mineral called djerfisherite in a Ryugu grain, which supposedly forms in circumstances that the asteroid ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...

Experts know from past experiments that djerfisherite can be created when potassium-rich fluids and iron-nickel sulfides ...

The rare stony chondrite meteorite will likely be dubbed the “Titusville, N.J.,” after the location where it smashed through a roof, officials said.

Chondrite meteorites are stony and are formed when dust and grains came together in the early solar system. Hundreds of meteorites fall to Earth each year, ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

Research has also shown that some early chondrite meteorites contained radioactive forms of elements like aluminum that release a form of high-energy radiation called gamma rays when they decay.

"We now see that 12 of the iron-rich ordinary chondrite meteorites (H chondrites) originated from a debris field called 'Koronis,' which is located low in the pristine main belt," said Jenniskens.

These H and L chondrite meteorites have arrived on our planet from three asteroid families called Massalia, Karin, and ...

Bryson, a co-author on the study published earlier this month in Icarus, and his colleagues investigated an enstatite chondrite meteorite from Alaska known as LAR 12252. While a previous study of ...