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Earliest case of 'death by meteorite' revealed
Apr 29, 2020Researchers have discovered official records stating that a man in Iraq was killed by a meteorite back in 1888.
World's oldest material is older than the Earth
Jan 15, 2020Scientists have identified the oldest material ever to make it onto our planet - and it even predates the Sun.
Mystery as museum display case lifts on its own
VIDEO Dec 22, 2019Perplexing CCTV footage has emerged showing a display case moving up and down all by itself.
Scientists identify organism that eats meteorites
Dec 7, 2019A microbe with an appetite for meteorites has shown that space rocks may be able to carry life across the cosmos.
Chile's mystery fireball 'was not a meteorite'
Oct 5, 2019Scientists have been struggling to explain a series of fires sparked by an object that fell over Chile recently.
Extraterrestrial mineral found inside meteorite
Sep 6, 2019Scientists have discovered an exotic alien mineral that does not occur naturally anywhere on Earth.
Mystery of black rock found in crater solved
Jan 19, 2019Nora and Jean Muchanic had been walking on a New Jersey beach when they came upon something unusual.
Curiosity rover discovers shiny object on Mars
Dec 2, 2018NASA's long-lived rover has come across an intriguing object that almost looks like a small gold nugget.
'Doorstop' turns out to be $100,000 meteorite
VIDEO Oct 6, 2018A rock used to prop open a door for more than 30 years has been identified as a rare type of meteorite.
Meteorite found in Africa is older than the Earth
Aug 7, 2018Scientists have been studying a meteorite that dates back to a time before the birth of our solar system.
New mineral discovered inside meteorite
Aug 1, 2018The new mineral is reportedly harder than diamond and has a never-before-seen molecular structure.
Meteorite filled with diamonds found in Sudan
Apr 17, 2018A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days.
Mystery surrounds loud boom over Washington
VIDEO Mar 9, 2018Authorities have been left perplexed following reports of a loud boom and a flash of light on Wednesday night.
Is there an iron throne in the Great Pyramid?
Jan 17, 2018Professor Giulio Magli believes that the pyramid may be home to a throne carved from the core of a meteorite.
'Ingredients for life' found in meteorites
Jan 15, 2018Scientists have found new evidence to suggest that life could have arisen elsewhere in the solar system.
Huge 50km-long cave discovered on the Moon
Oct 19, 2017The Japanese space agency JAXA has announced the discovery of a cave hidden beneath the lunar surface.
Mysterious meteor hissing sound solved ?
Mar 4, 2017Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the unexplained hissing sound associated with meteors.
Curiosity discovers metallic meteorite on Mars
Jan 18, 2017The rover has come across what scientists believe to be an iron-nickel meteorite on the Martian surface.
Curiosity investigates strange iron meteorite
Nov 3, 2016NASA's Curiosity rover has taken a closer look at an odd-looking meteorite lying on the surface of Mars.
Mysterious 'alien' space rock discovered
Jun 16, 2016A 470 million-year-old meteorite has turned out to be quite unlike any that have been found before.
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