Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit and spin ...

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Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several ...

Have you ever had the stellar experience of spotting a meteorite falling from the sky? It seems pretty impossible, right? After all, it doesn’t exactly happen every day. But it did happen again in ...

“We can conclude that there is a high likelihood that there was a witnessed fall rather than a lucky find. Iron meteorites may be large (hundreds of kg), but this may actually be a problem. Large ...

The state has recorded 14 confirmed meteorites, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Stark County isn't home to any of them, but there was one found in Wayne County, near Wooster.

A set of ancient artifacts, dating back over 2,700 years, has been found to include iron forged from meteorites– an extraordinary find that is rewriting what we know about early metalworking.

MANILA, Philippines — After over a year of wooing a German astronomer, a group of Filipino space enthusiasts has successfully brought back two Philippine meteorites they plan to donate to the ...

High nickel content in three bracelets, an ankle ring, and a pin, among 26 iron artifacts, indicates meteoritic origin.