"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...

An Australian metal detectorist named David Hole made an extraordinary discovery that intrigued scientists and captivated the public. Years after unearthing an unusual rock, David Hole found with the ...

“We now see that 12 of the iron-rich ordinary chondrite meteorites (H chondrites) originated from a debris field called “Koronis,” which is located low in the pristine main belt,” said ...

The high nickel content in the iron indicated that the jewellery was crafted from an 'out of this world' metal.

Four items of jewellery, three bracelets and a pin, containing a form of iron only found in meteorites were pulled from Early Iron Age burials. The graves, in Częstochowa-Raków and nearby ...

The items had varying levels of meteorite elements mixed with the other iron, researchers said. Muzeum Częstochowskie Screengrab from Archeologia Żywa's Facebook post The collection is ...