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Within this category, chondrites are particularly notable; they contain chondrules, hardened droplets of lava that provide ...

Meteorites can vary greatly in size. While some are tiny, resembling grains of sand, others can weigh several tons. The ...

the Nqweba Meteorite is believed to be an achondritic meteorite (a stony meteorite that does not contain chondrules), specifically a rare type within the Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite group.

This ancient ring system is thought to have formed about 466 million years ago, at the beginning of a period when Earth was regularly hit by meteorites, according to a new paper in the journal ...

Kevin M. Gill via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 During a tumultuous period for our planet around 466 million years ago, Earth was pelted with meteorites and rocked by tsunamis. But geologists ...

It appears to have existed about 466 million years ago and may have both rained down meteorites on Earth’s surface and caused an ice age. Using reconstructions of plate tectonics from this ...

Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to chaotic meteorite strikes on our planet's surface, new research suggests.

Hyderabad: Scientists from the city-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) have discovered a meteorite in Jonnagiri, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. NGRI’s chief scientist, Dr Prof PV ...

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in the geological record,” lead author Professor Andy Tomkins sai ...

Robert Towers has found more than 200 meteorites, more than 130 of which he has donated to the South Australian Museum. He has now been recognised for his contributions to the museum's collection ...