In the late 19th century, archaeologists in Mörigen, Switzerland, discovered a heavily rusted, 3,000-year-old arrowhead in a ...

A Japanese research team has concluded that an iron dagger made of meteorites found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was forged at temperatures of about 950 degrees or lower. The ...

Chondritic meteorites (chondrites) are some of the oldest rocks in our solar system, forming 4.5 billion years ago. Therefore ...

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 ...

In an auction house full of gems, a 4.5 billion old meteorite is grabbing people’s attention. This year’s Lunds Auction & ...

The full-color images are taken in plane- and cross-polarized light and reflected light, and arranged to highlight textural variations in meteorites. Specimens are grouped to show the effects of ...

Toledano & Chan’s Brutalist-inspired wristwatch is made from part of the Muonionalusta meteorite, which was scattered around ...

The Toledano & Chan B/1M is a one-off prototype carved from a chunk of the Muonionalusta meteorite, an iron-based meteorite ...

The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It’s a reminder ...

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 ...

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 ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. Meteorites and Their Parent Planets provides an engrossing overview of a highly ...