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 ...

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

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.

A bracelet and possible sword pommel found in a 3,000-year-old treasure hoard were forged from meteoritic iron, according to a team of researchers that recently studied the pieces. In other words ...

In 1916, a French consular official reported finding a giant "iron hill" deep in the Sahara desert, roughly 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Chinguetti, Mauritania—purportedly a meteorite ...

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 ...

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

On Cool Sword Day, we pay respects to starmetal, thunderbolt iron, meteorite swords — enduring icons of fantasy books, movies, and TV shows. An ode to the starmetal sword.

Using iron meteorite in the ancient world and prehistoric era isn't unprecedented. For example, researchers found an iron arrowhead in Switzerland and determined it was made 3,000 years ago from ...

Iron meteorites are 3.5 times as heavy as a typical Earth rock. Stony meteorites are about one and half times as heavy. But a chunk of slag, a byproduct of industry, is heavy as well, and way more ...

Not what Sci-fi writers had in mind when dreaming up extra-terrestrial projectiles. Researchers found that a 3,000-year-old arrowhead found in Switzerland was actually comprised of meteorite, provi… ...

Scientists have discovered the origin of a rare iron meteorite that fell to Earth in 2020. It's the first iron meteorite from a parent body with a known orbit.