Russia's customs service says a 2.8-ton chunk of the Aletai meteorite was found in a shipping container, labeled as a garden ...

Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a ...

On Feb. 8, 1969, a massive meteorite rained a couple of tons of stones on the Mexican town of Allende, not far from the Texas ...

Measuring approximately one and a half inches in length, the arrowhead is believed to be composed of meteoritic iron that originated in Estonia. (Creative Commons image via Journal of Archaeological ...

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 27, 1984, a Mars meteorite was found in Antarctica. The meteorite, known as Allan Hills 84001, was found in Allan Hills, ...

New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's ...

In geology terms, a clast is just a word for a small rock fragment stuck inside a bigger rock. Finding clasts isn't ...