He tried breaking a strange rock with a hammer, drill or acid, it turned out to be a 4,60,00,00,000-year-old space traveller

A man searching for gold in Australia instead unearthed a 17-kilogram meteorite, estimated to be 4.6 billion years old. This ...

Scientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid — Here’s what it means

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...
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Man Hoards 'Gold Nugget' for 17 Years — Then Experts Reveal It's a 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite

The rock had been sitting in Australia for hundreds of years until David Hole came across it while digging for gold.
Daily News Hungary

A meteor exploded spectacularly above Győr: valuable fragments weighing up to 0.5 kg could lie nearby

According to the Hungarian Meteorite Society, we might have a chance to find meteorite pieces in our territory for the first ...

Why December is Prime Time for Stargazing in the Mojave/Texas

There’s something almost otherworldly about standing in the middle of a desert at night. No city glow, no noise except maybe ...
Space.com

After 5 years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover may have found its 1st meteorite (photos)

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.' ...

Weather watchers report meteorite falling in Michigan. What people saw

Amateur sky watchers believe a meteorite fell to earth in northeast Michigan Sunday morning, Nov. 23, and many people have posted video online of the space debris streaking overhead.