Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

“We now have the first outlines of a geologic map of the asteroid belt.” Ten years ago, Jenniskens teamed up with astronomer Hadrien Devillepoix of Curtin University and colleagues in Australia to ...

Australia's substantial mineral wealth provides it potential leverage in ongoing trade negotiations with the Trump ...

“We now have the first outlines of a geologic map of the asteroid belt.” Ten years ago, Jenniskens teamed up with astronomer Hadrien Devillepoix of Curtin University and colleagues in ...

Jenniskens and Devillepoix find that low iron (L chondrite) and very low iron (LL chondrite) meteorites come to us primarily from the inner main belt. Scientists have long linked the LL chondrites to ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

The ancient crater’s discovery in the Pilbara suggests meteorite impacts may have kickstarted Earth's first continents, and ...

Scientists have have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of ...

For all of human history, Antarctica has been ice-covered and desolate. Now, a new model shows the hidden continent beneath ...

Colorado School of Mines (US) University of Queensland (Australia ... type specimens to help map and locate mineral resources) as well as geoconservation (for example, for Unesco). A broader ...