Meteorite hunters flocked to Georgia last week after a meteor disintegrated over the US state, but not everyone is in it for the money.

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 ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday could have been a meteorite, according to the National Weather Service.

It only took Ed Albin a few steps on Sunday to spot it as he wandered onto an empty construction site in Henry County, about ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

The meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7325 was initially proposed as a possible fragment of Mercury. However, its mineralogy ...

Australia cut its forecast earnings from commodity exports, as a meteoric rise in gold prices fails to offset weakness in ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

A fireball flashed across the Southeast sky Thursday, with booms and shaking reported in Georgia. NWS meteorologists say ...

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