A new study details the findings of two meteorites that likely originated from Mercury and might provide clues about its ...

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive ...

Both meteorites contain only trace amounts of plagioclase, in contrast to Mercury's surface, which is estimated to contain over 37%. Furthermore, our study suggests that the age of the samples is ...

A polarized-light microscopy image (in background) of a section from the Allende meteorite is one-thousandth of a millimeter thin. Chip Clark / NMNH Most likely it came from the asteroid belt ...