The type of space rock that hit his property, however, is not all that rare. It’s classified as an “ordinary chondrite” — dubbed “ordinary” because they are common as far as meteorites go. But its ...

It is rare to find a meteorite, and to capture its fall to Earth, but, Dr. Herd said, “when it literally ends up on your front doorstep, it’s obviously a lot easier.” Never miss a rocket ...

New research on meteorites may finally hold the answers to why Earth and Mars suffer from a mysterious absence of specific ...

A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple's walkway. When Laura Kelly and her partner returned home after an ...

What’s rare is to hear a meteorite at the moment of impact. The shattering sound in Charlottetown came from a combination of the space rock’s high speed, its composition and the hard material ...

But slag often has visible bubbles — and “bubbles are extremely rare in in meteorites.” What’s valuable and fascinating about sorting the “meteorwrongs,” as the scientific community ...