An iron meteorite found in an Ocean Falls backyard in the 1960s will be up for bids in Lunds Auctioneers and Appraisers’ Top Notch auction on Dec. 10. The chunk is “older than anything you ...

Here’s a gift idea for the holiday season — if you don’t mind something a little old, as in 4.5 billion years old. An iron meteorite found in an Ocean Falls backyard in the 1960s will be up for bids ...

But they could harvest iron from meteorites to make weapons, tools, and decorative objects. Meteoric iron is easily distinguished from terrestrial iron: It has more nickel and less carbon.

Appealing to collectors of Earth's ancient treasures, Heritage Auctions is selling rare meteorites, fossils, and gemstones.

Magnetism itself may have given our solar system the architecture needed for habitability. A team at the University of Oxford ...

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth somewhere near Purdue ...

Jan. 9, 2024 — Analysis of iron meteorites from the earliest years of the solar system indicate that the planetary 'seeds' that ultimately formed Earth contained ... 'Bouncing' Comets Could ...