When a meteorite does survive past our atmosphere ... The Natural History Museum explains: “Sometimes the olivine does not ...

Where every other Martian meteorite provides us with a sample of igneous material from one spot on Mars, the meteorite NWA7034 and its “paired stones” are composed of components from many ...

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 ...

Mysterious meteorite gems from the solar system's early days could help us design harder lab-grown diamonds. By Eva Botkin-Kowacki Published Sep 15, 2022 8:34 AM EDT ...

Collectibles A 275-Pound Crystal-Filled Meteorite and Other Rare Natural Artifacts Head to Auction. The themed sale at Heritage Auctions speaks to a growing collecting appetite for ancient treasures.

Space Meteorite crystals show evidence of hot water on ancient Mars. A rock that formed around 4.5 billion years ago on Mars before being blasted into space by a meteor strike and making its way ...

While studying diamonds inside an ancient meteorite, scientists have found a strange, interwoven microscopic structure that has never been seen before. The structure, an interlocking form of ...

Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger prints in their surface called “regmaglypts.” Fusion crust: stony ...

Where every other Martian meteorite provides us with a sample of igneous material from one spot on Mars, the meteorite NWA7034 and its “paired stones” are composed of components from many ...