Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger prints in their surface called “regmaglypts.” Fusion crust: stony ...

It only took Ed Albin a few steps on Sunday to spot it as he wandered onto an empty construction site in Henry County, about ...

Meteorite hunters flocked to Georgia last week after a meteor disintegrated over the US state, but not everyone is in it for ...

Hundreds of people descended on Georgia after a meteor blazed across the sky last week. Enthusiasts collect and sell celestial debris from the event for up to $100 per gram.

Chinese scientists believe samples found by Chang'e-6 mission answer central question in lunar science, but some in the West have doubts A year after China returned the first rock samples from the ...

Meteorite hunters flocked to Georgia last week after a meteor disintegrated over the US state, but not everyone is in it for the money.

Magnetic: Since most meteorites contain metallic iron, a magnet will often stick to them. For “stony” meteorites, a magnet might not stick, but if you hang the magnet by a string, it will be ...

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night.

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North Charleston Academic Magnet High School students win first at international NASA contest aimed to research growing crops ...