In the layers, researchers can see spherules — tiny, glass-like orbs that form when a meteorite impact melts ... which was a primitive type of space rock called a carbonaceous chondrite.

A meteorite found in Antarctica in 2012 suggests Earth may have formed with the materials needed to make water, a new study ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

Scientists from the University of Oxford analyzed a rare type of meteorite known as an enstatite chondrite. The space rock dates to around 4.6 billion years ago and is believed to be similar in ...