"Such high temperatures would completely melt an automobile in less than a minute."

There's surpising new evidence of "presolar grains," tiny bits of material from before the sun existed, in a meteorite chunk called Curious Marie.

Ancient micrometeorites may have run into CO2 on their way to Earth's surface, which gives researchers a clearer view of the early Earth's atmosphere.

New research determines that stardust from the Murchison meteorite is the oldest solid material ever found on Earth.

New research may explain why so many meteorites are cone-shaped.

After the formation of the moon, meteorites deposited elements like gold on Earth and the moon, but not in the same amounts. New research explains why.

It has been extremely difficult to assign meteorites called mesosiderites to a specific asteroid. New research indicates their age and origin.