The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday could have been a meteorite, according to the National Weather Service.

The meteorite he found Sunday morning, clocking in at 14.33 grams, could sell for upward of $1,500. But Albin plans to hang on to it—he said it's the "most beautiful space rock he's ever ...

But they could harvest iron from meteorites to make weapons, tools, and decorative objects. Meteoric iron is easily distinguished from terrestrial iron: It has more nickel and less carbon.

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The results showed the blade contains about 11 percent nickel, significantly more than the typical iron found on Earth, which averages around 4 percent nickel. This high nickel content strongly ...

A fireball flashed across the Southeast sky Thursday, with booms and shaking reported in Georgia. NWS meteorologists say ...

The Perseverance rover finds a mysterious black rock on Mars, “Skull Hill,” which intrigues scientists because of its possible origin.

Letter Published: 01 July 1938 Reduction of Ions of Nickel, Cobalt, Iron and other Metals by Zinc Amalgam A. S. RUSSELL & J. C. CARVER Nature 142, 210–211 (1938) Cite this article ...

By analyzing magmatic iron meteorites, the Arizona State University team found evidence that the first-generation planetesimals of the inner solar system actually retained significant amounts of MVEs.