Iron meteorites are mainly made of an iron-nickel alloy with a distinctive crystalline structure known as a Widmanstätten texture. Bands are formed by varying levels of nickel. There can be wide ...

Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger prints in their surface called “regmaglypts.” Fusion crust: stony ...

The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday was a meteor, according to NASA.So what is a meteorite?

The iron-nickel meteorite, nicknamed Cacao, is about a foot across and clearly made up of different stuff than its overwhelmingly rust-colored surroundings.

Meteorites are composed of materials such as iron-nickel alloys, silicate minerals, and sometimes semi-precious stones like olivine. They are generally classified into three types: iron meteorites ...

A rare meteorite that traveled 36 million miles on its journey to Earth could become the most expensive space rock ever sold ...

Iron-nickel meteorites are relatively uncommon, accounting for only about 5% of recovered impactors and that’s probably because of how they are formed.

The iron-nickel space rock, nicknamed 'Cacao,' is about 1 foot (0.3 meters) wide. NASA's Curiosity rover has found another meteorite on Mars. The space rock is about 1 foot (0.3 meters) wide and ...