Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

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 ...

A mysterious meteorite, discovered in Northwest Africa in 2023, is challenging what we know about the solar system’s history.

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.

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

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 types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

The cones were "exceptionally preserved," according to the new study, providing "unequivocal evidence" of an epic meteorite crash around the dawn of life on Earth. The impact likely rippled across the ...

In addition, the Pilbara crater sheds new light on how meteorites shaped the Earth's early environment, said Chris Kirkland, a geologist at Curtin University in Australia and co-lead author of the ...

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.