A complete visual reference for meteorite classification, this atlas combines high resolution optical microscope images with detailed descriptions. It provides a systematic account of meteorites and ...

Get to know the main groups of meteorite. They differ in their amount of iron-nickel metal and what they reveal about the early solar system. Most iron meteorites are thought to be the cores of ...

Until now, only around 6 percent of meteorites had been traced back to their source. These were meteorites that came from ...

Researchers have found that the vast majority of meteorites that plummet through the Earth's atmosphere come from only three ...

Meteorites are pieces of stone or iron that have broken off from asteroids and planets and fallen from space to Earth. Meteorites have great scientific value, and rare types of meteorites also have ...