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

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

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...

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

The discovery that weather radar systems can detect meteorite falls marks a significant leap in how scientists study and ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in Western ...

Jenniskens and Devillepoix find that low iron (L chondrite) and very low iron (LL chondrite) meteorites come to us primarily from the inner main belt. Scientists have long linked the LL chondrites to ...

Meteors: When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the ...

New research suggests tiny electrical charges in water droplets could have fueled the chemical reactions that led to life.

“On the night of March 17 at 2:43am, a similar meteor was seen over the sky of Karachi and like thousands of others that have ...