The age of the representative Martian meteorite NWA 5298 is determined using spatially correlated electron-beam nanostructural and uranium–lead isotopic measurements of microminerals, resolving ...

Earth is constantly getting pummeled by meteorites. We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before they hit the ground. Every now and again, though, something larger gets ...

Meteorite source identification utilizes a suite of methods. Reflectance spectroscopy, on the other hand, enables researchers to study the mineral composition of asteroid surfaces through the ...

Some 120 specimens out of the more than 60,000 meteorites in collections around the globe contain mixtures of minerals and ... He also noted the presence of micron-scale grains of baddeleyite, ...

Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today, often causing scant damage but sometimes triggering cataclysms.

A new study warns that 5,000 meteorites could be sinking beneath Antarctica's icy surface every year as a result of climate change, depriving scientists of vital information about our solar system.

The Perseid meteor shower over Inner Mongolia, China, on August 14, 2023. When a meteor falls to the ground, it's called a meteorite. Costfoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images Every day, 48.5 tons of ...

Scientists often turn to meteorites to get a closeup look at other worlds, as well as understand our own. The space rocks can contain traces of planetary atmospheres, the chemical building blocks ...

One hypothesis is that meteorites delivered amino acids — life’s building blocks — to our planet. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have experimentally shown that amino acids could ...

Five of these meteorites are now on display at the “Welcome to Earth” exhibit at the Witte Museum. You can check them out through the summer months and even touch a 4.56 billion-year-old ...

Related: 200 meteorites on Earth traced to 5 craters on Mars Namely, they originate from the Karin, Koronis and Massalia asteroid families, which formed from collisions in the main asteroid belt ...