A new study details the findings of two meteorites that likely originated from Mercury and might provide clues about its ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Iron meteorites are mainly made of an iron-nickel alloy with a distinctive crystalline structure known as a Widmanstätten texture. Bands are formed by varying levels of nickel. There can be wide ...

Iron meteorites are believed to be fragments of molten metallic cores at the heart of planetesimals, small bodies that existed around 4.5 billion years ago.

An ancient iron arrowhead found near Lake Biel in Switzerland, dating back to the Bronze Ages, was likely made of iron that originated from a meteorite, researchers participating in a study by the ...

Iron meteorites are remnants of the metallic cores of the earliest asteroids in our solar system. Iron meteorites contain refractory metals, such as iridium and platinum, that formed near the sun ...

Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger prints in their surface called “regmaglypts.” Fusion crust: stony ...

Scientists discover 3,000-year-old arrowhead made of ‘alien’ iron. Ancient Estonian meteorite was likely source for metal in arrowhead, scientists say ...

Because the blade on this here BRLW Meteorite Damast features a special sauce that’s pretty dang rare: real iron meteorite. It came from outer space. For those who snoozed through science class, when ...

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 ...