We've discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously ...

A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than ...

Studded with molten clumps of minerals (chondrules) distributed like currants in a fruitcake, the Allende meteorite, as it came to be known, contains the oldest material in the Smithsonian ...

Determining when a meteorite struck is no easy task. We can use minerals to constrain the age, but they have to be the right kind. In this case it means something that wasn't overly altered by the ...

"The fall of Aguas Zarcas was huge news in the country. No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones on the ground in Costa Rica in the past 150 years." ...

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 Kobe University study has finally solved this decades-old puzzle. Researchers found that when meteorites are hit, organic ...

And then there's a bigger issue: some carbon-rich meteorites still appear "less shocked," despite lacking any water-bearing minerals.

Among meteorites, one type – called carbonaceous chondrites ... They’re “hydrated,” which means they contain water bound within minerals in the rock. The components of the water are locked into ...

The meteorite will give scientists at the Museum a glimpse into what the solar system looked like as it was forming some 4.6 billion years ago. It is displayed along with a piece of the newly ...

"Other meteorites of this type are often described as mudballs, as they contain water-rich minerals," said Jenniskens, "Apparently, that does not mean they are weak." The research team now ...

Determining when a meteorite struck is no easy task. We can use minerals to constrain the age, but they have to be the right kind. In this case it means something that wasn’t overly altered by ...