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The oldest known impact structure on Earth has been confirmed in outback Australia.
An observatory director describes the differences between the types of rocks that fly through space.
2026 has already been a banner year for meteor spottings and sonic booms across the world.
Here’s what happens when a rock from space smashes into a goldfield.
Hundreds of meteorites fall to Earth each year. If you’re lucky enough to find one, here’s what to do.
The Earth’s inner core has long been a total mystery.
Meteorites may be the only practical way to study Mercury’s surface directly.
There are telltale clues to help you work out what just blazed overhead.
Water-rich meteorites contain key ingredients for life, yet they barely appear in meteorite collections. Recent research using shooting stars may explain why.
The crater dates back 3.5 billion years, making it the oldest known by more than a billion years.
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are small but fluctuating.
New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing organic molecules.
Meteorites offer vital clues to the mysteries of the universe. But many are being lost to private collectors, potentially creating tension between finders and scientists.
If Mars was once habitable, it needed to have water. For the past 3 billion years, it’s been rather cold and dry. But what about the early days?
Two new studies show that the majority of meteorites originate from just one family of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.
Mounting evidence suggests the rubble of an asteroid once formed a ring orbiting our planet’s equator.
Meteorites contain a wealth of information about the origins of our solar system, helping us to understand their, and even Earth’s, origin and evolution.
Most presolar grains were destroyed in the formation of the universe. But some survived on meteorites.
Vast amounts of space rocks litter our Solar System, and sometimes land on Earth’s surface. There are many things we can learn from them.
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Geologist, Monash University
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Adjunct professor, UNSW
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Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Post Doctoral Researcher in Achondrite Meteorites, The Open University
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Professor, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Planetary Sciences, NASA
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Senior lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Lecturer in Planetary Science, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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PhD Candidate in Astronomy, University of Southern Queensland