A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered a major share of Earth's water. A new study by Universities Space Research ...

The Hoba meteorite weighs about 60 metric tons and has never been moved. It lies on a farm in Namibia, right where it fell ...

The second fragment of the Al Khor meteorite has been found after a four-month search, Sheikh Salman bin Jabor al-Thani, head of Qatar Astronomical Centre, has announced on his X account.

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteorite Have you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like? Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura ...

Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.