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

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.

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, potentially affecting plate tectonics and creating conditions for life.

Crater 'significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet's ancient history' A giant crater 2km across and 170m deep, formed by a meteorite, is the location of India's Lonar Lake.

Iron meteorites have a thin, dark fusion crust, but if they have spent a long time on Earth, they will be covered by a thick layer of rust. Report your finding! Please include as detailed a ...

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.

See an astonishingly rare meteorite, which was recovered in the UK after landing in the driveway of a house in the town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. The meteorite will give scientists at the ...

(WJAR) — A Brown University lab helped verify a meteorite that landed on a Pennsylvania resident’s ice cream container, university officials said. According to university officials, a ...

What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid? It’s all about location and size. Roughly speaking, an asteroid is a relatively small body (that isn’t a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Brown University scientists are receiving some sweet recognition after positively identifying a meteorite that shattered a car window and landed in a carton of ice ...