At least, that’s what’s supposed to happen.Of course, there’s always an exception to the rule, and the Hoba meteorite might be the world’s biggest. What makes it so strange isn’t just ...

The world's second largest meteorite has been discovered in northern Argentina, a news report says. A team of experts found the 30,800 kilogram meteorite buried in the province of Chaco ...

The impact of the 1.2 mile-wide meteorite flung debris across 10% of the planet's surface. Scientists have found this ancient debris, mostly in the form of glass blobs known as tektites ...

Researchers and collectors have discovered hundreds of meteorite fragments on a field in canton Bern. It’s the largest meteorite find in Switzerland so far and an important one for science. ( ...

But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet. One up to 200 times bigger landed 3.26 billion years ago, triggering worldwide destruction at an even greater scale. But ...

On Christmas Eve 1965, a meteorite the size of a Christmas turkey broke up over the Leicestershire village of Barwell. It remains the largest meteorite fall observed in Britain. Natasha Almeida, ...

Part of the Chelyabinsk meteorite, recovered from Lake Chebarkul. The largest known meteorite is the Hoba meteorite which fell in Namibia in 1920 and is etimated to weigh around 60 tonnes (60,000kg).