Three meteorites crashed into Earth this month, including one in a Texas bedroom — hunter explains why

The night sky across Houston briefly flashed Saturday night, followed by a sonic boom. It was caused by a meteor, which have ...

The price a meteorite fragment can fetch: up to 30 times more expensive than gold

An expert says that the price per gram of a celestial object can range to several thousands, depending on its composition, ...
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Moon and Mars meteorites are now hot collector items

Big, bold, and rare meteorites have breached from science curiosities, and become serious collector pieces. Whether it be the ...
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World’s Largest Martian Meteorite Up For Auction Could Reach Whopping $2-4 Million

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...
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Missing meteorite samples from UCLA collection found on eBay listing

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 2:10 p.m. Jason Utas has long been in the craft of buying and selling meteorites. But Utas – a graduate student studying earth, planetary and space sciences – said ...
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Russian Customs Authorities Caught Smugglers Trying to Ship a $4.2 Million Meteorite to the UK Disguised as a Garden Ornament

A rare meteorite worth millions was nearly lost to the black market after being declared as basic backyard decor.
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The space rock smashed through a car window in May 2023, leaving a mystery behind in its trail

PROVIDENCE – Consider it some out-of-this-world rocky road. On the afternoon of May 17, 2023, a rock smashed through the back windshield of an SUV parked in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, and into a 1.5 ...