Locked inside a frozen rock from the edge of the world is a story that began before Earth had oceans, continents or even a ...

Amidst the flat, fragmented rocks strewn across the Vernodden region on Mars, an isolated block with a peculiar morphology ...

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.' ...

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites – ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth’s atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...

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A new study warns that 5,000 meteorites could be sinking beneath Antarctica's icy surface every year as a result of climate change, depriving scientists of vital information about our solar system.

Iron meteorites are remnants of the metallic cores of the earliest asteroids in our solar system. Iron meteorites contain refractory metals, such as iridium and platinum, that formed near the sun but ...

The Yale Peabody Museum is now home to one of the oldest and most valuable scientifically significant meteorite collection. Their second donation — this trove from the Planetary Studies Foundation ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Patrick M. Shober, NASA (THE CONVERSATION) Much of what scientists know about the ...