Scientists are asking meteorite hunters to refrain from using magnets to test the authenticity of their finds because this can destroy the specimen's magnetic memory, erasing valuable information ...
The Martian meteorite is 54 pounds, or about the weight of a standard bag of cement. It's 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars on Earth. NWA 16788 was discovered Nov. 16, 2023, by a ...
A treasure hunt has been started, and if one person finds a big meteorite that recently crashed to Earth, a museum is willing to shell out $25,000. The Associated Press reported that a meteorite was ...
Earlier this week, reports emerged of a woman in France who claimed she’d been struck by a tiny, rebounding piece of meteorite while chatting with a friend over a cup of coffee. It would’ve been an ...
Part of my personal cosmic journey will come to an end on July 22, 2023, when my private meteorite collection is sold by Heritage Auctions of Dallas. I became entirely smitten with meteorites at the ...