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Mercury seen by Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft on the left. On the right, there’s an approximation of Mercury’s true colour as might be seen by the human eye. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University ...

The unusual shock-darkened meteorites came from a fireball over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Fredriksson, K., Reid, Arch M., Bass, Manuel N., Fujita, H., and Kerridge, J. F. 1970. "Olivine and Pyroxene in the Orgueil Meteorite." Geochimica et Cosmochimica ...

Planetary scientists identified a potential source of a special kind of meteorite. Its characteristics could explain certain discrepancies in how near-Earth asteroids are classified. When the ...

Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning the largest martian meteorite ever found on Earth on Wednesday as part of a natural history-themed sale. Known as NWA 16788, it was found in Niger in November ...

When the Chelyabinsk fireball exploded across Russian skies in 2013, it littered Earth with a relatively uncommon type of meteorite. What makes the Chelyabinsk meteorites and others like them special ...