Just as Meteorite NWA 16788 “the largest piece of Mars on Earth” heads to auction, researchers believe they might have discovered two other extremely rare meteorite fragments from a distant planet.

An international team has successfully demonstrated that 70% of all known meteorite falls originate from just three young asteroid families. These families were produced by three recent collisions ...

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El Médano 128 meteorite, an ordinary chondrite (group L), found in the Atacama desert in 2011 by a team of researchers from the Centre de recherche et d'enseignement ...

New research shows that approximately 70% of meteorites originate from at least three recent break-ups of massive asteroids. A class of meteorites called ordinary chondrites make up around 80% of ...

Meteorite fragments fell over a space of 100 kilometers, with reports coming from Cape St Francis as well as Nqweba (formerly Kirkwood). Last week the 90 gram fragment from Nqweba was showcased at a ...

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The main mass of the Nqweba meteorite showing the black fusion crust and brecciated interior (light grey) with broken mineral and rock fragments. The main sample weighs less than 63g and is less than ...

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker now has its relic weapon, legendary tools made by Godbert Manderville and Gerolt, two masters of their crafts. The final forms of these Manderville weapons are the best ...

The asteroid 2024 BX1’s trip toward Earth ended in a fireball Jan. 21, 2024. Soon after, experts rushed to locate pieces of the resulting meteorite. The fragments — about the size of a walnut — were ...

Aubrite meteorite from asteroid 2024 BX1, photographed at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin by Laura Kranich, a Freie Universität MSc student and member of the Arbeitskreis Meteore, who participated in ...