The researchers were polishing a slice of the carbon-rich Havero meteorite that fell to Earth in Finland in 1971. When they then studied the polished surface they discovered carbon-loaded spots ...

The halite, by contrast, appeared only on polished surfaces of the meteorite that researchers buffed in the lab, suggesting that the meteorite was reacting to humid laboratory air. Breaking space ...

The first meteorite Naveen Jain bought, for $3,000, is a pitted, gray-brown, football-shaped blob that looks like it could have come from a rubble heap. But its weight, 29 pounds, signals that it ...

The Mars meteorite 'Black Beauty' suggests there used to be hot water on the Red Planet. Scientists have found what seems to be the oldest direct evidence of hot water flowing on Mars during its ...

A Yorkshire homeowner has told of his shock after watching a suspected meteorite burst through the sky and land next to his ...

Having the Hope Diamond is like having a black polished table in your living room ... Post Mineralogist, National Museum of Natural History Why do meteor showers occur about the same time ...

The warm object that crashed through a bedroom roof in New Jersey was indeed a meteorite, experts confirmed Thursday. Nate Magee, a physics professor at The College of New Jersey, said Thursday ...