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Debris from Mercury's heavily cratered surface could have reached Earth, so why haven't we found meteorites from the ...
Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...
NWA 16788 was unearthed in November 2023 by a meteorite hunter in the remote Agadez region of Niger, a location better known ...
Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.
Meteorites from Mercury have never been found on Earth. But two pieces discovered in the Sahara desert might be remnants of ...
Found in the Sahara Desert, the space rocks contain some materials we haven’t detected on Mercury, but we’re not ruling it ...
Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...
The most massive chunk of Mars ever found on Earth could sell for up to US$4 million in a Sotheby's auction later this month.
Both of the meteorites contain olivine and pyroxene, as well as minor albitic plagioclase and oldhamite, which the team explains is consistent with predictions for the composition of Mercury's ...