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 ...
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...
A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...
"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.
Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...
For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...
Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...
New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...
Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.