"We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the surrounding highly shocked rock material into space." What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other?

Meteorites carry clues that are pivotal in exploring the history of our Solar System, yet they don’t all look the same after impact. Colliding with a planetary surface sends shockwaves through ...

A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than initially believed. New research from Curtin University in Australia analyzed ...

Researchers initially believed the unnamed meteorite hit Earth 1.17 billion years ago, creating the Stac Fada Member rock layer in northwestern Scotland. However, a new study has determined that ...

A police officer has found the first sample of a meteorite that blazed across WA skies a week ago. The impact location was traced to a salt lake between Norseman and Hyden in the state's south.

You'd expect to see clear signs of impact in the ensuing meteorites — but for over 30 years, scientists have puzzled over why meteorites that contain carbon appear less affected by such violent ...

We've discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously thought. Our results are published today in the journal Geology. This ...

See its final resting place here. Residents in the Queensland’s southwest couldn’t believe their eyes when the sky lit up on Monday night, as a meteorite fell towards Earth. Many in the ...

Samantha Donovan: Reports that a meteorite had landed somewhere in Western Australia a week ago has had scientists mapping out its likely path and searching the vast state for clues. But in the ...

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Elmore County man Joe Champion claims he recently discovered a rare meteorite in a load of soil and rock he was sorting through. Champion identified the find as a pallasite meteorite, which are ...