Until now, only a small fraction of meteorites that land on Earth had been firmly linked back to their parent body out in space – but a set of new studies has just given us compelling origin stories ...

A rare meteorite recovered from Alaska is prompting scientists to rethinkhow Earth got its water. New findings suggest our planet may have had the hydrogen needed to form water on its own, without ...

According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteorite Have you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like? Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura ...

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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 ...