There are two main types of stony meteorite: chondrites (some of the oldest materials in the solar system) and achondrites (including meteorites from asteroids, Mars and the Moon). Both chondrites and ...

The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...

A flood of meteorites. Until now, L-type chondrites were the only kind of fossilized meteorites yet found on Earth, and scientists think they all came from one 100 to 150 kilometer-long, ...

Other meteorite types follow similar patterns. L and LL chondrites, which contain lower iron content, seem to come from the ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

Scientists say that in a Swedish quarry, they've uncovered a meteorite unique among the 50,000 known on Earth today. They say it could hold clues about the history of the solar system.

Stone cutters have plucked 101 fossil meteorites from the pit's ancient pink limestone in the last two decades, all found to be the most common types of meteorites, called L chondrites, which hit ...

Now that you're caught up on the types of meteorites, here are some other terms and definitions from NASA that may come in handy when talking about the Michigan meteor.

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Aubrites, named after Aubrés, a village in France where the first such meteorite fell in 1836, is a type of achondrite. These meteorites don’t contain chondrules — round mineral inclusions ...

An ancient space rock discovered in a Swedish quarry is a type of meteorite never before found on Earth, scientists reported June 14 in the journal Nature Communications. “In our entire civilization, ...

Two asteroids smashed into one another about 470 million years ago, spilling their cosmic guts out into the solar system. Today, scientists reported that they have found a new kind of meteorite ...