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Soil at Shiv Shakti Point chemically close to lunar meteorite that hit Antarctica

June 09, 2026 10:52 pm

Iron and magnesium-rich and aluminium-deficient soil shows lunar surfacial evolution .

The rare angrite meteorite may have originated from a previously unknown Moon-sized world that formed during the solar system's earliest days before being destroyed in ancient planetary collisions. (Image: University of Colorado)

Rare Sahara meteorite may reveal a lost planet from early solar system

June 05, 2026 9:25 am

New analysis of the space rock, named NWA 12774, reveals high-pressure mineral crystals that could only have formed inside a massive, Moon-sized planetary body.

UGA researcher Scott Harris holds a piece of the McDonough Meteorite.

Meteorite that hit home in US this summer is older than earth, researchers say

August 12, 2025 9:06 am

A meteorite that tore through the sky in June in Atlanta, Georgia, is now believed to be 4.56 billion years old, according to researchers who studied it following its crash landing.

Asteroids are relics of the early solar system, and potential doomsday threats to our home planet. (AI-generated image/DALLE)

Tracking 'doomsday rocks': How scientists keep guard against surprise strikes

August 01, 2025 4:22 pm

From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we stop the next one?

New York to auction largest known piece of Mars on Earth

July 13, 2025 1:40 pm

Named NWA 16788, this meteorite is believed to have been blasted off Mars by a colossal asteroid impact.

WATCH: Canadian man's doorbell camera captures audio, video of meteorite crashing Earth

January 18, 2025 10:48 am

The University of Alberta has confirmed that the Charlottetown meteorite is classified as an ordinary chondrite—though its discovery is anything but ordinary.

The meteorite hit Earth 3.26 billion years ago may have boiled the upper layer of the ocean.

3.2 billion old meteorite impact may have led to complex life formation on Earth: Study

October 23, 2024 4:01 pm

A giant meteorite dubbed S2, which hit Earth around 3.26 billion years ago may have acted as a 'giant fertilizer bomb', helping with formation of complex life on the planet.