Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

A new study details the findings of two meteorites that likely originated from Mercury and might provide clues about its ...

And It Could Fetch a Whopping $4 Million A piece of Mars delivered from space is soon going to the auction circuit, and is ...

A rare meteorite that traveled 36 million miles on its journey to Earth could become the most expensive space rock ever sold ...

This meteorite is dominated by the mineral olivine. ... Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came ...

Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...

This could be one of the biggest auctions of extraterrestrial artefacts, a piece of rock that came from another planet - Mars. The largest Martian ...

Leading the November 20 auction is a 275-pound (125 kg) Brenham meteorite, a rare siderite pallasite discovered in Kansas in 2005. This specimen, embedded with olivine crystals, offers a unique ...

These meteorites are extremely rare and can be distinguished by the presence of large olivine crystal inclusions in the ferro-nickel matrix, often with a green hue.

Joe Velaidum's home security camera captured the instant a meteorite smashed against his home's brick walkway. The video is thought to be the first recorded sound of a meteorite's direct impact.