Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

“We love being able to loan out the materials, so folks can do their own research and these rocks can tell us their stories,” says Cari Corrigan, curator of the meteorite collection.

who collected the specimen and curates the University of Alberta’s meteorite collection, told CNN. “No other meteorite fall has been documented like this, complete with sound,” he said.

It’s the closest thing we can have to actually going to Mars and picking up a rock,” said Chris Herd, curator of the U of A’s Meteorite Collection and professor in the Faculty of Science.

This piece is not only rare due to its composition, but also where it was found. Typically, most meteorite discoveries happen ...

“Not so sure it came from outer space,” said Tim McCoy, curator of the meteorite collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Speaking to NPR’s Debbie Elliot, McCoy ...

Magnesium silicate glitters when light shines through it. The meteorite collection we care for contains more than 5,000 registered samples, representing about 2,000 different meteorites – there are ...

Meteorites have great scientific value, and rare types of meteorites also have significant monetary value. The meteorite collection of Luomus is a Finnish national treasure. It is developed and ...

Discover how a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite fragment in the Natural History Museum's collection hid a secret about the origins of our solar system. On Christmas Eve 1965, a meteorite the size of a ...