A Japanese research team has concluded that an iron dagger made of meteorites found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was forged at temperatures of about 950 degrees or lower.

In southern Poland, iron objects made from a single meteorite were uncovered by archaeologists. The artifacts were discovered ...

As the name suggests, these are made of rock. Only about 6 per cent of meteorites in collections around the world are iron-rich – these are rare and rather special beasts. They are thought to ...

They've determined this from a rather unlikely source: iron meteorites. Our solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago, when a rotating cloud of dust and gas — the solar nebula ...

In 1981, for example, when Smithsonian researchers tried to cut through a large iron ... of meteorite diamonds, some scientists believe they have found evidence that the colossal cloud of dust ...

Meteorites are pieces of stone or iron that have broken off from asteroids and planets and fallen from space to Earth. Meteorites have great scientific value, and rare types of meteorites also have ...

Mars might be a thrilling destination, but its dust could be deadly. A team of scientists warns that long-term exposure to Martian dust could harm future astronauts’ lungs, thyroids, and more. Packed ...

As early as 3,000 BC in Egypt, people found iron-rich rocks scattered across the dry landscape and realised they were different. The ancient Egyptians used these meteorites to create high status ...

The Rowton iron meteorite had to pass through the asteroid ... it may have been done in the dust of what came billions of years before. Five things we get wrong about space Forget everything ...

What kind of meteorite? The Twannberg meteorite is rare, one of only six finds in the IIG group – an iron meteorite. Others have been discovered in the United States, Chile and South Africa ...

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid ... They range in size from nearly 1000 kilometres across, to microscopic dust particles. Collisions within the belt can send objects hurtling towards Earth ...