The Springer book "Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites" by O. Richard Norton and Lawrence A. Chitwood has been awarded the Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Work Award 2009 by the Geoscience ...

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 ...

Scientists can determine a meteorite’s origins by looking at the space rock’s chemical makeup, Kornei says. As rocks form, tiny air bubbles often get trapped within them.

The minerals were discovered from a 70-gram slice of the 15.2-ton "El Ali" meteorite that had been known about by locals for five to seven generations but was only officially discovered two years ago.

The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel, Maine is offering $20,000 for the meteorite that caused the fireball over New England and parts of Canada. Start searching. Find It / Boston ...