Meteorite hunting is a side quest for Perseverance, whose primary job is to search for signs of ancient life in Jezero and ...

The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. The Geminids are active between Dec. 4 to Dec. 20 each year ...

Have you ever wanted to go hunt for meteorites? If so, your chance is coming up next month. And your guide will be Geoff Notkin, the co-host of the Discover Channel’s Meteorite Men program and one of ...

So the naming and classification of meteorites is a very precise science, and it has to be done a certain way and it’s always a thrill for us, when something that we have found or recognize becomes ...

Cairo: When a fireball from space crashed into the rocky plains of southeast Morocco in September, Mohamed Benitjit topped up the credit on his mobile phone and packed a bag with a tiny magnet and a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On Feb. 6, 2017, a meteor -- believed to be as big as a small car -- streaked across the sky above Wisconsin. The atmosphere smashed it into thousands of little pieces, which fell in ...

Morocco now produces more meteorite discoveries than anywhere on Earth, with some Martian and lunar fragments selling for millions of dollars.

DAKAR, Senegal — (AP) — It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at a New York auction last month, setting a world ...

Prices for meteorites range from hundreds of dollars for pieces traded on internet sites like eBay to millions for larger ...