The solar system was packed with 50 to 100 protoplanets billions of years ago. Not all of them lived to tell the tale of the ...

Louis, matching the Sun’s element abundances with materials found in CI-chondrites (a rare type of stony, carbonaceous meteorite) has opened fresh avenues for discussing ... that simulate how gases ...

Meteorite. Image by averie woodard via Unsplash. Discovering a peculiar stone while exploring the great outdoors can spark an exciting question: Is this rock a rare meteorite from outer space ... One ...

Meteorite. Imago ab averie lignorum per Unsplash. Discovering a peculiar stone while exploring the great outdoors can spark an exciting question: Is this rock a rare meteorite from outer space ... One ...

However, not all of those celestial bodies survived, and a new analysis of a the meteorite NWA 15915 shows that it likely originated from a world that was similar to Mercury in its composition—but not ...

Abstract: James FJ Bryson, Francis Nimmo and Richard J Harrison describe what meteorite magnetism can tell us about dynamo activity early in the history of the solar system.

Years after unearthing an unusual rock, David Hole found with the help of experts at the Melbourne Museum that a rock he found was a rare 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite. While searching for gold ...

Schoolchildren have been left awestruck by a "once in a lifetime experience" after they got to handle pieces of the moon and rare meteorites. Pupils from Lincoln Gardens Primary School in ...