Meteorites typically originate from meteoroids and asteroids measuring between 0.1 to 1 meter in diameter. These fragments were once part of larger asteroids that collided and broke apart in space.

More information: Peter Jenniskens et al, Review of asteroid, meteor, and meteorite‐type links, Meteoritics & Planetary ...

A meteorite impact in Scotland happened 990 million years ago, not 1.2 billion as previously thought, possibly influencing ...

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system. What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid?

Water is essential to life as we know it, but scientists are still unsure about how it originated on Earth. One theory is that asteroids express-shipped us hydrogen, essential to the formation of ...

Researchers at Nottingham University have employed a new technique that allows for the elasticity and stiffness of space rocks to be measured for the first time.

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

If we cut our Earth in half, we would also see an iron and nickel core in the middle. “This type of meteorite is made from iron, nickel metal and a mineral called olivine. This is a green-yellow iron ...

A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than initially believed. New research from Curtin University in Australia analyzed ...

Their conclusions were published on April 16 in the journal Icarus, and come after analyzing a similar meteorite recovered from Antarctica. The key to their counterargument resides in a rare type ...