Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a piece of space itself. Maybe it's been sitting there for centuries.Or maybe ...

Scientists have studied a rare iron meteorite in detail, discovering what orbit its parent body occupied before crashing into Earth. It is the first iron meteorite for which such orbit has been ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists are scouring the remote Antarctic ice cap for rare meteorites chock-full of iron and ...

Got $70,000? You could own an "abstract sculpture from outer space." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dozens of ancient meteorites ...

A meteorite is a piece of rock that originated in space, then survived the fall through the Earth’s atmosphere to end up on the surface of our planet. We estimate that nearly 5000 rocks weighting more ...

In July 1969, the crew of the Apollo 11 brought back nearly 48 pounds (22 kilograms) of pristine lunar rocks from the most incredible — and expensive — rock-collecting expedition in history. NASA had ...

Meteorites from Mars and the biggest piece of the moon ever offered for sale went on the block on Sunday in New York in what organizers billed as history's largest meteorite auction, which brought in ...

TEN chondrites and two siderolites have been investigated, using electron-probe microanalysis to measure the concentration of nickel in the metallic phases. Information about the composition of the ...

New work uncovers new details about our Solar System's oldest planetary objects, which broke apart in long-ago collisions to form iron-rich meteorites. Their findings reveal that the distinct chemical ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Since 1839, 24 meteorites have ...

Got $70,000? You could own an "abstract sculpture from outer space." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dozens of ancient meteorites ...