Elsewhere it can create a pattern of veins through solid metal. The scientific jury is still out on exactly how pallasite meteorites formed. Some scientists believe they formed in melted asteroids in ...

Meteorites can vary greatly in size. While some are tiny, resembling grains of sand, others can weigh several tons. The ...

Meteorites are pieces of stone or iron that have broken off from asteroids and planets and fallen from space to Earth. Meteorites have great scientific value, and rare types of meteorites also have ...

The story made headlines around the world - a meteorite crashes through the roof ... "It's dominated by a bit of iron, oxygen, magnesium, aluminium and calcium - that's probably worth one dollar ...

Metallic or iron meteorites are mainly composed of the nickel-iron alloys kamacite and taenite. They are the core fragments of differentiated asteroids, giving us clues to our own planet’s core. The ...

No, it’s not a moon rock. BY CHRIS IMPEY After a journey of seven years and nearly 6.4 billion kilometers, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft landed gently in the Utah desert on the morning of Sept.

One of these sits in the Treasures gallery. This 635-kilogramme iron meteorite was once part of a larger meteorite that fell in Campo del Cielo (named by the Spanish and translates as 'Field of Heaven ...

Kathy Gibson reports – Scientists have confirmed that a big meteorite exploded close to Gqhberha last week (25 August), with witnesses reporting the flash and sound from hundreds of kilometres away.

The spectacular entry of a meteorite into Earth’s atmosphere over the Eastern Cape has captured significant public interest in recent weeks. Its secrets will soon be revealed in a special event ...

A significant meteorite that fell in the Eastern Cape is believed to be an achondritic meteorite, specifically a rare type within the Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) group. The space rock has ...

GQEBERHA, South Africa, Sept 3 (Reuters) - South African scientists on Tuesday unveiled a fragment of what they described as a motorcycle-sized meteorite that was discovered in a town in the ...