and she responded ‘Astrobleme,’ which is a large crater made by the impact of a meteorite,” Trixie explains. “We decided to run with that, because we’re all about creating products that ...

A police officer has found the first sample of a meteorite that blazed across WA skies a week ago. The impact location was traced to a salt lake between Norseman and Hyden in the state's south.

Meteorites carry clues that are pivotal in exploring the history of our Solar System, yet they don’t all look the same after impact. Colliding with a planetary surface sends shockwaves through ...

"We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the surrounding highly shocked rock material into space." What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other?

A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than initially believed. New research from Curtin University in Australia analyzed ...

Samantha Donovan: Reports that a meteorite had landed somewhere in Western Australia a week ago has had scientists mapping out its likely path and searching the vast state for clues. But in the ...

Researchers initially believed the unnamed meteorite hit Earth 1.17 billion years ago, creating the Stac Fada Member rock layer in northwestern Scotland. However, a new study has determined that ...

We've discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously thought. Our results are published today in the journal Geology. This ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The Kobe University ...

Curtin University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. We’ve discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously ...

Elmore County man Joe Champion claims he recently discovered a rare meteorite in a load of soil and rock he was sorting through. Champion identified the find as a pallasite meteorite, which are ...

You'd expect to see clear signs of impact in the ensuing meteorites — but for over 30 years, scientists have puzzled over why meteorites that contain carbon appear less affected by such violent ...