This gives scientists a valuable chance to study these rocky visitors from outer space. Scientists know that while some of these meteorites come from the Moon and Mars, the majority come from ...

so folks can do their own research and these rocks can tell us their stories,” says Cari Corrigan, curator of the meteorite collection. “The Allende meteorite is a book from outer space filled ...

"Cari is one of the most engaging people in our community," McCoy said. "She does a fantastic job conveying not just the initial excitement of finding a rock from outer space, but the continuing ...

The space agency said: "The rover has encountered a variety of neat rocks that may have originated from elsewhere and been transported to their current location, also known as float. "This float rock ...

They sit two and two, all eyes on the big screen, just like mission control. But their mission isn’t to get man into outer ...

NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, mission on Sept. 8, 2016. It traveled to Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and ...

And it is not the first time a rock from outer space has come plummeting towards us. In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica, according ...