The rare samples, uncovered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the Solar System evolved.

The researchers pose with the 16.7-pound meteorite on a snowscape in Antarctica. Scientists recently scooped up one of the heaviest meteorites ever discovered in Antarctica, as well as four other frozen space rocks that likely crashed into the icy ...

Meteorite NWA 16788 is one of the rarest types of space rock on Earth Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, LAMag, and HelloGiggles. Patrick AVENTURIER/Gamma ...

Daichi Fujii from the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan captured a meteor impact the moon with multiple telescopes. Credit: Daichi Fujii (Hiratsuka City Museum) | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Musi

Meteorites - the rocks that hurtle from outer space and make it to Earth, get a moment to shine when collectors gather in Cincinnati to show off the treasures they have found this Saturday.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for decades turns out to be a ...

For 30 years, a man used a meteorite as a doorstop, not knowing that it was a rather valuable one worth $100,000. It was only when a meteor passed through Michigan that he wondered if his meteorite was worth anything. How does one identify a meteorite from ...