A rare type of meteorite discovered in Mali is revealing a multibillion-year tale of lunar catastrophes. With its unique ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...

Planetesimals: In the early days of the Solar System, the region just beyond Jupiter’s orbit was a breeding ground for planetesimals, the precursors of planets, asteroids, and comets. Great diversity: ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously ...

A team of scientists chemically analyzed chassignites and nakhlites, such as the one pictured, two kinds of Martian meteorites found on Earth, of which there are only 35 specimens. Credit: Scripps ...

Learn about a rare meteorite that may have separated from a protoplanet around the size of the Moon 4.5 billion years ago.

We're used to a lot of different natural things falling out of the sky. These can include snow, rain and sometimes even frogs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Africa probably has a lot more meteorites that haven’t been identified as such because they don’t stand out where they’ve ...

Unlike rocky planets such as Mars and Earth, angrites do not have a lot of silicon dioxide. Because of this, astronomers have ...

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 ...