Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

Meteorites are primarily stony chondrites, but also include iron-rich achondrites and pallasites. Studying meteors provides ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

And the results shocked them. The experts observed high concentrations of smelted ore and meteoric iron that appeared to have come from a single space rock. The discovery was made in Poland's ...

A dazzling meteor lit up Karachi’s sky at 2:43 am, leaving residents in awe. The rare celestial event was captured on camera, ...

The items had varying levels of meteorite elements mixed with the other iron, researchers said. Muzeum Częstochowskie Screengrab from Archeologia Żywa's Facebook post The collection is ...