In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

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The Martian meteorite set to go on public display at Expo 2025 Osaka is seen in its extensive packaging as it is loaded onto a truck in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on March 26, 2025. (Mainichi/Shu Furukawa ...

The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO), the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) and the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) issued a joint statement earlier this week. The statement ...

A file photo of a meteorite streak over the UK in 2015. Photo: Steven Watt/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix An amateur astronomer in Denmark has advised the local population in Zealand town Lumsås to check ...

Californians reported seeing a streak of light in the sky on Monday night that many believe to either be an asteroid or meteorite. The celestial occurrence was seen by people in the Bay Area at around ...

Analysis later revealed that it was a meteorite from Mars that reached Earth tens of thousands of years ago. It is about the size of a rugby ball and weighs 13 kilograms. It is one of the largest ...

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