Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Scientists have have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of ...

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

Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

This is particularly puzzling, as a vast majority of meteorites can be traced to some well-known parent body—whether that be ...

This discovery challenges our understanding of Earth’s early history and could shed light on the origins of life.

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...