At 4.5 billion years old, the Imilac meteorite dates back to the beginning of our solar system. Dr Caroline Smith, Head of Earth Sciences Collections at the Museum, sheds light on the secrets the ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but beyond computer simulations, direct evidence to support them is hard to come by ...

They've determined this from a rather unlikely source: iron meteorites. Our solar system formed about 4.6 ... should not have been able to "jump" from ring to ring to end up in the outer disk.

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system. What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid?

Then, in 1969, the Murchison meteorite smashed into Australia. One of the oldest known remnants of the pre-Earth solar system, this meteorite played a pivotal role in confirming the presence of ...

The Meteorite is a Sorcery introduced in Elden Ring. One of the glintstone sorceries that manipulates gravitational forces. Summons a void that emits a rain of small meteorites. Hold to continue ...