The asteroid 2024 BX1’s trip toward Earth ended in a fireball Jan. 21, 2024. Soon after, experts rushed to locate pieces of the resulting meteorite. The fragments — about the size of a walnut — were ...

In addition to meteorite classification, chemical analysis, microstructure characterization, and isotopic dating, T,C&A Lab's expertise further extends to the study of impact features, such as shock ...

EDITORS NOTE: Killgore and Lauretta are available for interviews at the SWMC display and information room, Room 121, InnSuites Hotel (intersection of St. Mary’s Road and Granada Ave., Tucson) The ...

Two minerals never seen on Earth before were discovered in a gigantic meteorite weighing 16.5 tons, offering researchers possible clues about how the space rocks are formed. The new minerals were ...

Strange, dark-veined meteorites rained down on Earth when a fireball exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013. The origin of these unusual meteorites has remained a mystery, but now, ...

“Meteorites” are space rocks that have survived passage through Earth’s atmosphere and have landed on the planet’s surface. They’re different than “meteoroids” (space rocks outside the Earth’s ...