Designated Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034, and nicknamed "Black Beauty," this Martian meteorite weighs approximately 11 ounces (320 grams). A mineral trapped within a Martian meteorite that fell to Earth ...

Locked inside a frozen rock from the edge of the world is a story that began before Earth had oceans, continents or even a solid surface. A 4.5 Billion-Year-Old fragment of cosmic debris recovered in ...

The pieces of a meteorite that fell in Costa Rica in 2019 are so unusual that scientists believe it had moved through space relatively unscathed — that is, until it encountered our planet. This is in ...

A collection of meteorites has been added to James Madison University’s Mineral Museum. The Richard F. West Meteorite Collection was unveiled on Friday and includes everything from primitive ...

Meteorites offer a unique natural archive of high-pressure processes induced by impact events that subject materials to extreme pressures and temperatures within fractions of a second. These ...

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...

Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay under exposure to gamma-aminobutyric acid, a molecule commonly found on ...

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — The explosive meteorite blasted into the skies over Georgia with a sonic boom, maybe you saw it on video or social media. But soon you’ll be able to see a chunk of the Georgia ...

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