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Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

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A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...

In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...

Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...