A man kept what he thought was a gold nugget for years, only to discover it was far more valuable. The Maryborough meteorite, found in Australia, offers scientists an extraordinary glimpse into ...

The meteorite's composition is rich in iron and crystallized minerals known as chondrules and it came out to be an incredibly rare specimen. Shockingly, only 17 meteorites have ever been recorded ...

Meteorite falls capable of surviving atmospheric entry are rare; most land in oceans. In the case of the Charlottetown meteorite, research showed that it belonged to the class of ordinary chondrites.

First and perhaps most sobering, Velaidum would have been ... But slag often has visible bubbles — and “bubbles are extremely rare in in meteorites.” What’s valuable and fascinating ...