the vast majority are stony meteorites; only 5.5% are either stony-iron or iron. But here's the weird thing: If you look just at the meteorites recovered from Antarctica, only 0.7% are iron or ...

Published in Science Advances, the study takes a fresh approach by analyzing iron meteorites—remnants of the metallic cores of the earliest planetary building blocks— to uncover new insights.

To reach this conclusion, the team studied iron meteorites, which are remnants of the metallic cores of some of the first planetary building blocks in our solar system. Their findings showed that ...

In the study, the researchers sought to understand what led to Earth and Mars containing significantly fewer MVEs than chondrites, which are primitive meteorites that hold clues about planetary ...

Like a foolproof flat iron or a dependable blow-dryer, the right curling iron can shave a couple of minutes off a rushed early-morning routine. The perfect one probably delivers the waviest of ...

Now, a study has revealed that these two gigantic cracks were formed in just 10 minutes after the impact of a meteorite 25 kilometers in diameter (15.5 miles) some 3.8 billion years ago. “Several ...