Meteorites are primarily stony chondrites, but also include iron-rich achondrites and pallasites. Studying meteors provides ...

Meteorite. Image via Openverse. Some meteorites, particularly stone meteorites known as chondrites, contain small, colorful, spherical structures called chondrules. These are not found in terrestrial ...

Meteorite. Image via Openverse. Some meteorites, particularly stone meteorites known as chondrites, contain small, colorful, spherical structures called chondrules. These are not found in terrestrial ...

A bright, flaming object was spotted and photographed in the skies over Nicosia on Thursday afternoon, with the Cyprus Astronomy Organisation speculating a possible a meteor sighting.

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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 ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit and spin ...

Earth’s oldest meteorite impact crater was just found in WA’s Pilbara region – exactly where geologists hoped it would be. We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very ...

The discovery bolsters the theory that meteorite impacts played an important role in Earth’s early geological history Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Researchers discovered the oldest ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater. Located in Western Australia, the crater has been dated to about 3.5 billion years ago, at a time when these almost ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The discovery of the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, dates back 3.5 billion years, significantly older ...