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 ...

The South Taurid and North Taurid meteor showers peak in early November. Here's everything you need to know about this month's doubleheader of shooting stars. The North Taurid meteor shower peaks ...

The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests. A study of the remnants of a 3.26 billion-year-old impact reveals that ...

GSI’s meteorite repository opens in Kolkata Features 643 meteorites, including Martian Shergotty New Kopargaon addition from Maharashtra The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has unveiled a new ...

including a Martian meteorite known as ‘Shergotty’, and iron meteorites, the official said. Among the collection, 119 specimens are from meteorite falls and finds across India. The oldest meteorite in ...

The gallery exhibits a wide variety of meteorite types, from ordinary chondrites and carbonaceous chondrites to achondrites, including a Martian meteorite known as ‘Shergotty’, and iron meteorites, ...

The Geological Survey of India has opened a new national meteorite repository, enhancing public engagement. It features 643 meteorites, including rare specimens like 'Shergotty'. As a significant ...

In a study published last Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe a meteorite called S2 as being four times the size of Mount Everest—that makes it as ...

Researchers have found that the vast majority of meteorites that plummet through the Earth's atmosphere come from only three different asteroid families, which are groups of space rocks that ...

The first part of the Winchcombe meteorite landed on a driveway in February 2021 A meteorite that landed in a sheep field was repeatedly smashed apart and reassembled on the journey through space ...

A meteorite that crashed on the Gloucestershire town of Winchcombe last year contained water that was a near-perfect match for that on Earth. This bolsters the idea rocks from space brought key ...