Scientists later confirmed the rock was not earthly treasure at all, but a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite, formed during the earliest days of the solar system. Instead of striking gold, the man had ...
A Rare Rock from Another Planet Is Up for Auction — and It’s Expected to Sell for This Many Millions
Meteorite NWA 16788 is one of the rarest types of space rock on Earth Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...
Dust returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission reveals rare, water-rich CI chondrite meteorite fragments—found on the Moon for ...
The largest piece of Mars to ever make its way to Earth is now also the most valuable meteorite in the world. The large space rock, which has the scientific name of NWA 16788, had its Martian origins ...
Katy has a BA in Humanities and Philosophy, with over 20 years of experience in online and print publishing. She was named the Association of British Science Writers' Editor of the Year in 2023. An ...
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation Wednesday of a meteorite piece that fell beside his driveway. The meteorite, a rare carbonaceous chondrite, ...
Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite ...
A fireball that lit up the sky over the United Kingdom and Northern Europe on February 28 was an extremely rare type of meteorite. Fragments of the space rock discovered on a driveway in the Cotswolds ...
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