Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Scientists have discovered the world's oldest meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, dating back 3.5 billion years, ...

The discovery bolsters the theory that meteorite impacts played an important role in Earth's early geological history ...

The bit of falling space rock, caught on camera in July, was confirmed to be a meteorite by the University of Alberta, which said that the footage was the first of its kind. The video shows the ...

He reached out to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, which assembled a team of geologists and meteorite specialists to examine the rock. That team included Brown University ...

University officials said Ibarra, Havel, and Chen prepared the sample for advanced isotopic analysis, which helps distinguish meteorites from terrestrial rocks.

Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...