According to a statement by the researchers, the Winchcombe meteorite is an unusually well-preserved example of a group of space rocks called CM carbonaceous chondrites. Apparently, these formed ...

One of the world's largest Mars meteorites departed the National Institute of Polar Research in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on March 26 ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the history of Earth and the planet's stages of evolution.

Scientists think they may have come from space. For years scientists had been finding organic compounds in meteorites, but could not rule out the possibility that they were Earth-based contamination.

Study opens new doors for studying how meteorite impacts might have influenced Earth. In Western Australia, researchers have made a significant discovery: they have found the oldest meteorite ...

The Martian meteorite set to go on public display at ... Measuring 29 centimeters in width, 16 cm in depth, 17.5 cm in height and weighing about 13 kilograms, the Martian rock was discovered ...