A gem found in a Mars meteorite has scientists puzzled

Scientists have found garnet in a Martian meteorite for the first time, raising new questions about what kind of geological ...

We discovered a new rock type containing garnet inside a meteorite fragment from Mars

On Earth, garnet is best known as the fiery red January birthstone—popular in jewelry since the Bronze Age and valued highly ...
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Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky?

Could the history of Mars be set in stone? Meteorite discovery may offer clues to Red Planet's past

Garnet found in a 4.4-billion-year-old meteorite gives potential insight into the history, development and geological ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Rare Meteorite Found in the Sahara Desert Offers Evidence of a Lost Protoplanet

Chemical signatures indicate the meteorite came from an early planet that met an untimely end during the formation of our solar system ...

Here's how AI could help astronomers unlock new secrets about meteors

Astronomers in Arizona turned to artificial intelligence to test out a new method of classifying meteors based on their physical properties and origin.
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Scientists trace tiny molten globs of meteorite to a 'missing' asteroid

Thousands of tons of cosmic dust, like this micrometeorite pictured above, land on Earth every year. (Nicola ...
The Baltimore Sun

Meteorite hunters scour Ohio for fragments of 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth

MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of Ohio on Thursday, hoping to collect fragments of an estimated 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth this week after a ...