"The fall of Aguas Zarcas was huge news in the country. No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones ...

Most meteorites originate from the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter where over a million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer circle the sun. Those rocks originate from a small number ...

Study opens new doors for studying how meteorite impacts might have influenced Earth. In Western Australia, researchers have made a significant discovery: they have found the oldest meteorite ...

Earth’s oldest meteorite impact crater was just found in WA’s Pilbara region – exactly where geologists hoped it would be. We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very ...

Schoolchildren have been left awestruck by a "once in a lifetime experience" after they got to handle pieces of the moon and rare meteorites. Pupils from Lincoln Gardens Primary School in ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the history of Earth and the planet's stages of evolution.

Scientists in Australia have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in northwestern Australia, estimated to be 3.47 billion years old. This finding challenges previous ...

Researchers discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater known to science in Australia. Curtin University Researchers have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater known to science in ...

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, potentially affecting plate tectonics and creating conditions for life.

with its powerful gravity pulling them closer to Earth. NASA says they know where these meteorites have landed, but they haven't been found.

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 billion-year-old, 43-mile-wide Yarrabubba crater. Researchers at Curtin University ...

Australian scientists have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could reshape understanding of the origins of life and Earth itself, according to a study. The crater ...