Wits University is one of the only internationally accredited institutions in South Africa for meteorites. Gibson and his colleagues track meteorite finds and falls all over the country.

Others believed they were messages from God. The buying and selling of meteorite pieces is illegal in South Africa. It’s also illegal to export them from Australia. An asteroid impact on the ...

one of only six finds in the IIG group – an iron meteorite. Others have been discovered in the United States, Chile and South Africa, though this could turn out to be one of the largest.

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion ... from old rock beds in South Africa, according to the study. "[T]he tremendous amount of energy ...