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This is NOT the Russian Meteorite Crater
There's been a lot of really incredible videos and images of the meteor that streaked across Russian skies on Feb.…
Meteor Blast Rocks Russia
This just in: reports of bright meteors and loud explosions have been coming from Russia, with the incredible video above…
Is This Meteorite a Piece of Mercury?
The largest fragment of meteorite NWA 7325 (Photo © Stefan Ralew / sr-meteorites.de) Pieces of the Moon and Mars have been…
Ancient Impacts Stained Vesta with Carbon-Rich Material
Composite-color 3D image of Cornelia crater on Vesta (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Ever since arriving at Vesta in July 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft…
Is This Icy “Mega” Meteorite Really From Outer Space?
Earlier today, Euronews reported an icy "mega meteorite" fall in a farmer's field in the Hrira region of Morocco. The…
Meteorite Crashes Into London Cab
Londoners awoke this morning to news of a meteorite which struck a taxi in the heart of the city's busy…
New Mineral Found in Meteorite is From Solar System’s Beginnings
Scientists have discovered a new mineral embedded in a meteorite that fell to Earth over 40 years ago, and it…
Rare Pallasite Meteorite Found in Missouri
[/caption] Meteorite hunter Karl Aston finds meteorites not by digging in the ground, but by placing ads in local newspapers.…
A Meteorite Visits the Comettes
[/caption] When your last name is Comette, I'm sure the occasional astronomy-themed joke is never far away. But it's no…