Scientists have traced the source of more than 70% of meteorites that have hit Earth to specific asteroid families, providing ...

Another eight per cent of the Earth meteorites can be traced to the Flora and Nysa asteroid families in the main asteroid belt, the research found. And about six per cent of the meteorites can be ...

Meteorites have bombarded Earth for billions of years, often causing minimal damage but occasionally leading to cataclysmic events. Recent studies reveal that 70% of meteorites originate from three ...

New research has the answer. By studying the composition of meteorites that have landed over the years and the asteroids ...

Until now, only a small fraction of meteorites that land on Earth had been firmly linked back to their parent body out in ...

Scientists have been able to trace the origin of more than 70 per cent of the meteorites which have hit Earth.  Nearly 466 ...

Beyond the asteroid belt, we travel deeper into the darkness, past Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus before finally arriving at the ...

Until now, only 6% of meteorites had a known source, but now we can trace the origin of more than 70% of these rocks.

The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder that Earth is part of a ...

Two new studies show that the majority of meteorites originate from just one family of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.

Our planet’s surface is littered with debris from the skies — and researchers have found that most come from only a few ...

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.