The changes indicate that the meteorite’s interior was not heated above 40 degrees Celsius when the rock was ejected from Mars, the scientists say.

MOST of the secondary or chondritic meteorites are composed of irregular grains of silicate, sulphide, phosphide, oxide and metal phases. They are generally thought to be fragments of secondary ...

Scientists from Yale University may have finally solved the puzzle of why some meteorites have unexpected magnetic fields.

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 ...

A popular tool for identifying meteorites can overwrite records of magnetic fields stored within the space rocks.

But there are also meteorites — small space rocks that have fallen to Earth — that contain hints of magnetism. Scientists say some iron meteorites bear the remnants of an internally-generated magnetic ...

Scientists are asking meteorite hunters to refrain from using magnets to test the authenticity of their finds because this can destroy the specimen's magnetic memory, erasing valuable information ...

DIY SCI host Steve Spangler demonstrates how you can check your rain gutters for micro meteorites!

Astronomers: Let’s Use a Mattress-Sized Magnet to Fish a Meteorite From the Ocean Eight years ago, CNEOS 2014-01-08 tore through Earth’s atmosphere at over 100,000 miles per hour.

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 ...