The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday was a meteor, according to NASA.So what is a meteorite? NASA says this: A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such ...

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope! According to experts, it's a meteorite older than Earth. A meteorite "crash landed" in Georgia on June 26. Particles that tore through the roof of a home in Henry ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. This is a science story of sheer luck. A meteorite made “auditory ...

Mars trembles with marsquakes, but not all of them are driven by phenomena that occur beneath the surface—many are the aftermath of meteorite strikes. Meteorites crash down to Mars every day. After ...

“Meteorites” are space rocks that have survived passage through Earth’s atmosphere and have landed on the planet’s surface. They’re different than “meteoroids” (space rocks outside the Earth’s ...

Two minerals never seen on Earth before were discovered in a gigantic meteorite weighing 16.5 tons, offering researchers possible clues about how the space rocks are formed. The new minerals were ...

This record-breaking rock had losing bidders seeing red. At one of Sotheby’s Geek Week events, this Martian meteorite smashed through bidding expectations, which were between $2M to $4M. This ...