Researchers have discovered tiny, never-before-seen carbon crystals in meteorite dust left over from the explosion of the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013. Skip to main content.

A 25kg piece of Mars is going up for auction at Sotheby's this month. The rock struck Earth as a meteorite eons ago. It is ...

The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...

Tiny crystals in meteorites were witness to the Sun’s unruly behavior in its earliest years. The Sun sends a lot more than Sunshine and rainbows our way. High-energy particles capable of messing ...

Crystals inside a Martian meteorite hint that there may have been plentiful hot water on Mars when the rock formed 4.45 billion years ago. The rock, nicknamed Black Beauty, was blasted into space ...

Two scientific teams announced Monday that they have discovered the most compelling evidence yet from a Martian meteorite that life once existed on Mars. But the findings have not convinced many ...

Future research on ancient meteorite crystals might help reveal details about the protoplanetary disk of gas and dust around the sun that ultimately gave rise to the planets, such as how hot or ...

A tiny hibonite crystal from the Murchison meteorite. (c) Andy Davis, University of Chicago “Over the last few decades, there has been a controversy whether meteorites contain evidence of an ...

Rare diamonds found in meteorites called ureilites have a folded hexagonal structure. Learning the process of how they were formed could inspire better lab-grown diamonds.

Soccer-ball sized meteorite thought to be more than four BILLION years old is returned to its rightful owners five years after being snatched from a 'crystal cave' ...

Future research on ancient meteorite crystals might help reveal details about the protoplanetary disk of gas and dust around the sun that ultimately gave rise to the planets, such as how hot or ...