The type of space rock that hit his property, however, is not all that rare. It’s classified as an “ordinary chondrite” — dubbed “ordinary” because they are common as far as meteorites go. But its ...

Joe Velaidum and Laura Kelly, who live on Prince Edward Island, caught a meteorite hitting their property on their doorbell camera. Some say this could be the first video recording of a meteorite that ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

Larger objects are less frequent, but not as rare as you might think. Objects the size of the smallest asteroids, which are ...

but not as rare as you might think. Objects the size of the smallest asteroids, which are about 3 feet across, strike Earth a few times a year. About once every 2,000 years, a meteorite the size ...

But slag often has visible bubbles — and “bubbles are extremely rare in in meteorites.” What’s valuable and fascinating about sorting the “meteorwrongs,” as the scientific community ...