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The Sordid Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite Smuggled into China M illennia ago a piece of the sky fell toward East Africa, ...

Researchers initially believed the samples came from the Moon’s mantle. Testing iron, manganese, and zinc levels showed their ...

In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks of life in the solar ...

From the outside, iron meteorites tend to look like formless, rusted lumps of metal, which is why museums often polish and etch sections to show their interior structure. This reveals their ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests these ingredients weren’t missing from the start. Instead, they were likely ...

A museum has been built around the ancient Bronze and Iron Age cemetery where iron from space was discovered. Muzeum Częstochowskie Screengrab from Archeologia Żywa's Facebook post In the 1960s, ...

The Fukang Meteorite stands as one of the most exceptional and highly valued meteorites ever discovered, boasting both a unique aesthetic beauty and significant scientific importance. Discovered in ...

In the 1960s, following partial destruction by a housing development, the remains of an ancient cemetery were covered by a museum pavilion. The Częstochowa-Raków necropolis was opened to the public in ...