Until now, only a small fraction of meteorites that land on Earth had been firmly linked back to their parent body out in space – but a set of new studies has just given us compelling origin stories ...
Most of the meteorites that land on Earth today can be traced back to just three recent collisions out in the asteroid belt, according to a pair of recent studies. It’s hard to trace meteorites back ...
The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
Scientists, researchers and volunteers from NASA Ames, the SETI Institute and other organizations are searching for fragments of the Sutter's Mill Meteor that illuminated the sky over the Sierra ...
Postdoctoral Researcher Eric MacLennan holds in his hands a very rare type of meteorite, the so-called CY carbonaceous chondrite. Only six specimens of the same type are known. The sample is on loan ...
A small fragment of a rare meteorite from Morocco has entered the collection of the Lomonosov Moscow State University’s Earth Science Museum in Russia. This new exhibit is a fragment of the Aït Saoun ...