An iron meteorite from the core of a melted planetesimal (left) and a chondrite meteorite, derived from a ‘primitive’, unmelted planetesimal (right). (Credit: Rayssa Martins/Ross Findlay) An iron ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BILLINGS — In 1990 a piece of the heavens fell in Roundup. But you’ll have to go to New York City ...

How does iron appear in an Iberian treasure made centuries before local ironworking took hold? In the Treasure of Villena, a famous assemblage of 66 mainly gold artifacts discovered near Alicante in ...

Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a piece of space itself. Maybe it's been sitting there for centuries. Or ...

INDIANAPOLIS — While it might be rare, there is guidance from NASA on what to do if you ever come across a meteorite. The first thing to know, if you find a meteorite on the ground it is not harmful ...

Today in the history of astronomy, King Tut’s tomb – including a dagger famously forged from a meteorite – is found. When archaeologists peered inside Tutankhamun’s tomb a few weeks after its ...

Artefact was made of a particular blend of metal that would have been extremely difficult for the ancient people to create on ...