Jenniskens and Devillepoix find that low iron (L chondrite) and very low iron (LL chondrite) meteorites come to us primarily from the inner main belt. Scientists have long linked the LL chondrites to ...

Most meteorites originate from the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter where over a million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer circle the Sun.

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type.

Interestingly, asteroid (20) Massalia, the parent of this family, is also an H chondrite type. Meteorites with less iron—called L and LL chondrites—mostly come from the inner asteroid belt.

Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...

The review yielded positive results, reflecting remarkable progress in the national team’s capabilities, and reinforcing the preparations for the mission launch ...

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...

Using a worldwide network of cameras and footage from citizen scientists, researchers traced dozens of meteorites back to specific asteroid families. Their findings reveal patterns in how different ...

NASA is monitoring an asteroid approximately the size of an airplane as it prepares to pass by the Earth on March 21. The ...

Kota: Four students of Mahatma Gandhi govt school, Pachpahar, a modest town in the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan, have discovered a hitherto unknown .