The Winchcombe meteorite, which fell to the ground in Gloucestershire in the U.K. after blazing a trail through the night sky on Feb. 28, 2021, came from an asteroid that had been heavily altered by ...

The smallest (1.7g) of the Winchcombe fragments greatly exceeded its pre-sale valuation A bean-sized fragment of the meteorite that fell on the English town of Winchcombe last year has sold at auction ...

The Winchcombe meteorite is now official. The rocky material that fell to Earth in a blazing fireball over the Cotswold town of Winchcombe in February has had its classification formally accepted.

One of the UK’s most famous meteorites is helping scientists learn more about asteroids millions of kilometres away from Earth. Knowing more about the chemical composition of the Winchcombe meteorite ...

Scooping up a meteorite within 12 hours of crashing turned out to be a scientific boon for researchers investigating the hydrogen makeup of this visitor from outer space. The one pound of carbonaceous ...

Late in the evening of February 28, 2021, a coal-dark space rock about the size of a soccer ball fell through the sky over northern England. The rock blazed in a dazzling, eight-second-long streak of ...

On Feb. 28, 2021, for the first time in 30 years, a meteorite fell in the U.K. and was later recovered by scientists. Today, there’s an international effort to study this space rock and learn more ...

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The origins of a meteorite which lit up skies above the UK last year have been revealed. Water and organic molecules are among the contents brought along by the Winchcombe meteorite during its nearly ...

A fragment of the meteorite, one of the most precious of recent years, fell onto someone's driveway in 2021. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

A bean-sized fragment of the meteorite that fell on the English town of Winchcombe last year has sold at auction for more than 120 times the value of its weight in gold. The 1.7g chunk of blackened ...