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.

No other meteorite fall has been documented like this, complete with sound,” Herd said in a statement. “It adds a whole new dimension to the natural history of the Island.” The space rock ...

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 ...

“I have the expertise that I’ve looked at hundreds, if not thousands of these types of photos,” Herd said, noting that meteorites are coated with a black shell that forms when space rocks ...

We think of impact events as being disastrous for life,” Harvard geologist Nadja Drabon explains, but one such impact by a ...

"We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the surrounding highly shocked rock material into ...

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Gem-quality peridot has been identified in multiple pallasite meteorites, earning it the title of a “gemstone from another ...

In a CM2 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, the "M" stands for a subgroup named after the Mighei rock, which landed in Ukraine in 1889, and the "2" is how its composition has changed due to water ...

Researchers initially believed the unnamed meteorite hit Earth 1.17 billion years ago, creating the Stac Fada Member rock ...

BIR MOGHREIN, Mauritania — You may have seen a meteorite before, even if you didn’t know it. Nearly 100,000 pounds of meteoritic matter enters Earth’s atmosphere every day, scientists estimate.

Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view of the red ...