Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Kobe University study has finally solved this decades-old puzzle. Researchers found that when meteorites are hit, organic ...

The Museum holds a vast collection of rocks, minerals, meteorites and ores. Explore 500,000 rocks, gems and minerals, including 5,000 meteorites. Find out how you can use the mineralogy collections as ...

It’s the closest thing we can have to actually going to Mars and picking up a rock,” said Chris Herd, curator of the U of A’s Meteorite Collection and professor in the Faculty of Science.

who collected the specimen and curates the University of Alberta’s meteorite collection, told CNN. “No other meteorite fall has been documented like this, complete with sound,” he said.

“We love being able to loan out the materials, so folks can do their own research and these rocks can tell us their stories,” says Cari Corrigan, curator of the meteorite collection.

Scientists think they may have come from space. For years scientists had been finding organic compounds in meteorites, but could not rule out the possibility that they were Earth-based contamination.