On March 15, 1806, a meteorite fell from the sky near the town of Alais, France. Known as the Alais meteorite, this was the first object from space in which scientists discovered organic chemicals.

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...

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Harris, working with Henry County Emergency Management and the homeowner, examined the entry point and fragments of meteorite ...

Although carbon-rich asteroids are common in space, they account for less than 5% of the meteorites that reach Earth. To ...

A remarkable 2.35 billion year old meteorite found in Africa in 2023 has opened a new window into the Moon's volcanic history ...

However, it was discovered in 2023. The meteorite was then exhibited in the Italian Space Agency and a private gallery in Tuscany. Now, it will be put up for auction on July 16 at Sotheby's New York.

Out of the 122 lots, the main event is NWA 16788, a Martian meteorite that is the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

It was a rock from space, plunging into Earth’s atmosphere at over 14 kilometers per second. This cosmic visitor exploded in a bright flare high above the Earth, dropping rare meteorite ...

Iranian filmmaker Mehdi Fard Ghaderi, a regular at key international film festivals who broke out with “Immortality,” his ...

The meteorite will be on display and up for auction, among other other meteorites and space art, as part of Christie’s New York City series called "Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and Other Rare ...