Murchison meteorite organic molecules number 66,000 unique formulas in a September 2026 study that applied the world's most ...

More and more fragments of the Twannberg meteorite are being found in the Bernese Jura; over 2,200 pieces are known, and the rare iron meteorite is highly valuable for research.

Sotheby’s sold the rock at auction last year for $5.3 million. The government has now seized the 54-pound hunk of space ...

King Tutankhamun’s famous iron dagger was made from a meteorite. Now, a hidden crystalline pattern inside its blade has revealed how ancient Egyptian craftsmen worked with metal from space thousands ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A 54-pound (24.5-kg) Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, setting a new auction record for a meteorite.

Ancient grains inside one of the oldest known meteorites reveal that a surprisingly strong magnetic field existed during the solar system’s first 200,000 years. The discovery suggests magnetism worked ...

Sientists analysing the space rock have found it contains life-supporting chemistry ...

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Finding a celestial object after it impacts Earth is a complex activity that requires research, funding, and often a great deal of luck. But should it happen to you, you could have a very unique ...

From the outside, iron meteorites tend to look like formless, rusted lumps of metal, which is why museums often polish and etch sections to show their interior structure. This reveals their ...