Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.

Get to know the main groups of meteorite. They differ in their amount of iron-nickel metal and what they reveal about the early solar system. Most iron meteorites are thought to be the cores of ...

Research until now had determined that the dagger was made mainly from iron meteorites. The dagger also contained between 10 to 12 percent nickel, with the main ingredient being octahedrite ...

A complete visual reference for meteorite classification, this atlas combines high resolution optical microscope images with detailed descriptions. It provides a systematic account of meteorites and ...

The story made headlines around the world - a meteorite crashes through the roof of an Indonesian villager's home and turns out be worth millions, changing his life forever. It was suggested that ...

Meteorites, captivating cosmic relics, provide a rare insight into the origins and evolution of our solar system. More than ...

Around 466 million years ago, a lot of meteorites started hitting Earth. We know this because many impact craters formed in a geologically brief period. In the same period we also find deposits of ...

“I went to show my Ouma. She said it was just a stone that fell from the sky. When my mommy came, she googled it and said, ‘I ...

See an astonishingly rare meteorite, which was recovered in the UK after landing in the driveway of a house in the town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. The meteorite will give scientists at the ...

The search for a suspected meteorite has started after a bright fireball was seen travelling over the East Midlands. The University of Leicester said a new specialist camera at Space Park ...

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system. What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid?

Robert Towers has found more than 200 meteorites, more than 130 of which he has donated to the South Australian Museum. He has now been recognised for his contributions to the museum's collection ...