A comprehensive guide to meteorite identification. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A meteorite that slammed into Earth 1.85 billion years ago at the present site of Sudbury, Ontario, is now making news 500 miles away in northeastern Minnesota. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area. Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor". picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area picked by maxriter 12 months ago

A Gardnerville man said he found an 1,800-pound meteorite in Douglas County using a device that detects radio signals from minerals. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Scientists located a rare meteorite in a Kansas wheat field that fell to Earth aprox 10,000 years ago with some unusual properties picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Samples taken from the Tagish Lake meteorite, discovered in 2000, have revealed evidence of organic matter that predates our Sun and Solar System, according to the study, published in today's edition of the U.S. journal Science. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

The Tunguska catastrophe in 1908 evidently led to high levels of acid rain. This is the conclusion reached by Russian, Italian and German researchers based on the results of analyses of peat profiles taken from the disaster region. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

Organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen and form the building blocks of all life on Earth. By analyzing organic material and minerals in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001, scientists have shown for the first time that building blocks of life formed on Mars early in its history. Previously, scientists have thought that organic material in ALH 84001 was brought to Mars by meteorite impac... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Mauritania's second city, Nouadhibou, is a strange frontier town that feels like the end of the world. In the market you can buy anything from chickens and goats to traditional herbal remedies and magic potions. But perhaps the weirdest objects of all on sale are meteorites, some of the rarest rocks on earth that land from space in the wastelands of the Sahara desert. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

In a study published in the recent issue of Science, researchers collected samples from eucrites found in Antarctica believed to have originated from Vesta. The researchers revealed that asteroid’s boiling rock turned solid and crystallized within less than 10 million years of solar system formation. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

At least one of these animals was NOT made extinct by a meteorite impact. picked by rambler 9 months ago

Evidence of the biggest meteorite ever to hit the British Isles has been found by a team of scientists. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The story behind the scientist responsible for uncovering the Peruvian infection meteorite. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago

Writers Raymond Bradbury and HP Lovecraft have both suggested in stories that humans began life on another planet and, unwitting or otherwise, became invaders of Earth.

Evidence garnered from a meteorite in Australia suggests this may be a possibility. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

The giant rock was stolen from the yard of the Tunguska Space Event foundation, whose director said it was the part of meteor that caused a massive explosion in Siberia in 1908. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, have captured rare video of a meteor falling to Earth. Video picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

We could have alien origins, say scientists who sent fossilized microscopic life-forms into space and back inside an artificial meteorite. The researchers attached the baseball-size rock to the outside of the European Space Agency's Foton M3 spacecraft to test whether biological material could survive the round-trip journey. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The mineral composition of a near-Earth asteroid with a slight chance of striking our planet in 2036 has been determined for the first time. By analyzing sunlight reflected off its surface, scientists say the asteroid Apophis is a "good match" for a rare type of stony meteorite known as a type LL chondrite. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Located at Turkmenistan desert, Darvaza flaming crater is 60 meters in diameter and 20 meters depth and is not caused by volcanic activity or a meteorite impact. This crater was created sometime in the 50's when the Soviets were prospecting for natural gas in this area and it's been burning since then. picked by wildminou 5 months ago