Dr. Eric Pyle has been a curator for the museum since 2022, and he is incredibly excited for the Richard F West Meteorite ...

The Antarctic Meteorite Collection at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) in Japan has been recognized as a Geo-collection by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).

The Antarctic Meteorite Collection at the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan houses 17,400 meteorites. News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution ...

Magnesium silicate glitters when light shines through it. The meteorite collection we care for contains more than 5,000 registered samples, representing about 2,000 different meteorites – there are ...

Discover how a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite fragment in the Natural History Museum's collection hid a secret about the origins of our solar system. On Christmas Eve 1965, a meteorite the size of a ...

Meteorites have great scientific value, and rare types of meteorites also have significant monetary value. The meteorite collection of Luomus is a Finnish national treasure. It is developed and ...

“Not so sure it came from outer space,” said Tim McCoy, curator of the meteorite collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Speaking to NPR’s Debbie Elliot, McCoy ...

Then, in 1969, the Murchison meteorite smashed into Australia. One of the oldest known remnants of the pre-Earth solar system, this meteorite played a pivotal role in confirming the presence of ...

Study opens new doors for studying how meteorite impacts might have influenced Earth. In Western Australia, researchers have made a significant discovery: they have found the oldest meteorite ...