An international team of researchers, including members from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP, Université ...

Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

This is particularly puzzling, as a vast majority of meteorites can be traced to some well-known parent body—whether that be ...

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.

An amateur astronomer in Denmark has advised the local population in Zealand town Lumsås to check their houses and gardens ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...