El Médano 128 meteorite, an ordinary chondrite (group L), found in the Atacama desert in 2011 by a team of researchers from the Centre de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l ...

The Taurids may not have earned the hype and name recognition that accompany other meteor showers like the Orionids, but skygazers may still find it worthwhile to look up to catch a shooting star ...

The origin of most meteorites finally revealed Date: October 16, 2024 Source: CNRS Summary: An international team has successfully demonstrated that 70% of all known meteorite falls originate from ...

The researchers also looked at other less common meteorites beyond the H and L chondrites, pushing the number of ...

Here’s how it works. The Taurid meteor shower, consisting of the Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids, is a highlight for stargazers each fall. This year, the Southern Taurids peaked on Nov. 5 ...

Up next, a third celestial treat named the Orionid meteor shower. Unlike the Northern Lights, which are rare to see around here, or the comet that visits once every 80,000 years, Orionids shows up ...

As long as the moon and skies are all treats and no tricks, skygazers should have a chance to see the Orionids, one of the year's most striking meteor showers, just in time for Halloween.

Orion is belting out a show for Earth. A stunning meteor shower containing traces of the famed Halley’s Comet will pass by Earth with peak viewing opportunities this weekend. The Orionids ...

Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two new studies report, including a particularly cataclysmic impact event ...

The Orionids are back, promising views of a spectacular meteor shower this weekend. Stargazers can eagerly look skyward starting on Sunday and continuing through the week of Oct. 20th, according ...

Until now, only a small fraction of meteorites that land on Earth had been firmly linked back to their parent body out in space – but a set of new studies has just given us compelling origin ...