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 ...

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 ...

This time, it appears to be an iron-nickel meteorite dubbed Cacao, which measures roughly a foot across and can be seen in an ultra-high resolution image, stitched together from 19 individual ...