Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost ...

Finding a meteorite anywhere in Canada is something of a rarity. Last July, the first one discovered in Prince Edward Island was extra special, as it is likely the first meteorite impact to ever be ...

Meteorites found in the Sahara Desert might be pieces of Mercury that broke off as the result of a collision when the Solar System was still forming. The meteorites had many parallels to the surface ...

The second fragment of the Al Khor meteorite has been found after a four-month search, Sheikh Salman bin Jabor al-Thani, head of Qatar Astronomical Centre, has announced on his X account.

On Dec. 27, 1984, a Mars meteorite was found in Antarctica. The meteorite, known as Allan Hills 84001, was found in Allan Hills, which is a group of hills in Antarctica. It was found by an American ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

There are few conceptions of mining in the world beyond that which is carried out on Earth. Research has always been based ...

Stumbling upon a meteorite might seem like a once-in-a-lifetime event, but it’s not as uncommon as you might think. What’s crucial, however, is knowing how to handle such a cosmic treasure to preserve ...

RENO, Nev. – Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, so he knew he’d found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that ...