Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbour valuable metals, ...

How a booming smuggling market led a 15-ton iron space rock to be stolen, sold by terrorists and hidden somewhere in China ...

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite ...

On a scorching summer afternoon at Grootfontein, Namibia, a curious paradox greets every visitor to the Hoba meteorite.

Scotland’s first recorded meteorite fell in North Glasgow in 1804. A monument marks the site today, while fragments are preserved at the ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent years combing Jezero Crater for traces of ancient water and potential biosignatures, but ...

David Hole thought he had found a giant gold nugget but what he discovered turned out to be even more astonishing ...

Scientists have discovered living, methane-producing microbes deep inside a massive meteorite impact crater in Sweden, and ...

David Hole thought he had struck gold with his metal detector but what he really discovered was far rarer - but it would take ...

A million-to-one find near an old Australian Gold Rush prospecting area turned out to be something far rarer than gold – a ...

"Meteorites provide the cheapest form of space exploration. They transport us back in time, providing clues to the age, ...