The Lafayette meteorite is a glassy chunk of space rock about 2 inches (5 centimeters) long. It was found at Purdue University nearly a century ago, and no one knew who discovered it or where it ...

Pallasites are the rarest of all meteorites: less than 1% of all found meteorites are ... 2,200 pounds), making it one of the ...

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 ...

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, ...

where the largest piece of space rock was found. Because of its fragile composition, the segments of the 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite were preserved in a resin. Lachlan Bond's mother had the ...