Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two new studies report, including a particularly cataclysmic impact event ...

In fact, this particular asteroid family dominates nearly 40% of all meteorites that have fallen to Earth, with two other families of space rocks named as the source of most Earth-bound meteorites.

Around 70 percent of meteorites on Earth are classified as either H or L chondrites. H chondrites are generally iron-heavy, while L chondrites are rich in the mineral olivine and have ...

El Médano 128 meteorite, an ordinary chondrite (group L), found in the Atacama desert in 2011 by a team of researchers from the Centre de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l ...

Read the paper: Young asteroid families as the primary source of meteorites Ordinary chondrites are divided into three chemically and mineralogically distinct categories according to their iron ...

There are eight named meteor showers left in 2024, with at least one meteor shower being active at all times. That means you have the chance of seeing a shooting star on any given night between ...

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