A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our ...

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

In July 2023, a meteorite hunter found a 54-pound rock in Niger. They sent it to the Shanghai Astronomy Museum for analysis and experts determined the rock, dubbed NWA 16788, had likely broken away ...

Scientists found a rock in Africa that originally came from the Moon after being knocked off by an asteroid impact and ...

One type, however, known as a pallasite meteorite is very different. They are made of olive-green crystals that are composed ...

Hand specimen photographs of Ksar Ghilane 022 (A) and Northwest Africa (NWA) 15915 taken by Jared Collins. Both meteorites ...

A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our ...

"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance — the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most ...

Both meteorites contain olivine and pyroxene, minor albitic plagioclase and oldhamite. Such features are consistent with predictions for Mercury’s surface composition.

A couple of meteorite samples currently being investigated could be the first pieces of Mercury on Earth. Ben Rider-Stokes, a ...

Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.