A small asteroid crashed into Earth three years ago — and now scientists know where it came from. Researchers have traced the origins of the resulting rare meteorite fragments, which began the ...

From what we can see, and comparing it with what we know from other samples around the world, the meteorite looks like it’s part of an achondrite sub-group known as HED (howardite–eucrite ...

The oxygen isotopes of a meteorite can act as a fingerprint to identify the parent body it originated from. The group of meteorites known as HED (howardite, eucrite, and diogenite) are thought to ...

Both sets of meteorites were categorized as howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) meteorites, which are the only class of meteorites to be traced back to Vesta, according to the American Museum of ...

A small asteroid crashed into Earth three years ago — and now scientists know where it came from. Researchers have traced the origins of the resulting rare meteorite fragments, which began the ...

The meteorites, known as howardite, eucrite and diogenite meteorites, were viewed through a polarizing microscope, where different minerals appear in different colors.

A significant meteorite that fell in the Eastern Cape is believed to be an achondritic meteorite, specifically a rare type within the Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) group. The space rock has ...

Both sets of meteorites were categorized as howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) meteorites, which are the only class of meteorites to be traced back to Vesta, according to the American Museum of ...

Meteorites contain a wealth of information about the origins of our solar system, helping us to understand their, and even Earth’s, origin and evolution.