METALLIC meteorites are composed in, varying proportions of two iron–nickel metallic solid solutions, kamacite, which has a low nickel content, and taenite, which has a higher nickel content.

INVESTIGATIONS have been conducted in this laboratory during the last few years on the structure of artificially prepared iron-nickel alloys in the iron end of the equilibrium diagram, and during ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover found a meteorite as it was trucking across Mars last week. The iron-nickel meteorite, nicknamed Cacao, is about a foot across and clearly made up of different stuff than ...

The iron-nickel space rock, nicknamed 'Cacao,' is about 1 foot (0.3 meters) wide. NASA's Curiosity rover has found another meteorite on Mars. The space rock is about 1 foot (0.3 meters) wide and ...

Researchers have found the blade is composed of iron, nickel and cobalt, the stuff of a meteorite - a material so valued in Egypt at the time, it was dubbed iron from the sky. It's MORNING EDITION ...

An ancient iron arrowhead found near Lake Biel in Switzerland, dating back to the Bronze Ages, was likely made of iron that originated from a meteorite, researchers participating in a study by the ...