Asteroids and meteorites

New technique to determine age will open new era of planetary science, researchers say cross section of a meteorite on black background with colors highlighting different inclusions in the rock

New technique to determine age will open new era of planetary science, researchers say

Rock scooped off speeding asteroid suggests it was once comet that lost its tail Illustration of Ryugu

Rock scooped off speeding asteroid suggests it was once comet that lost its tail

Meteorite provides record of asteroids ‘spitting out’ pebbles Bennu

Meteorite provides record of asteroids ‘spitting out’ pebbles

Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid View of a circular opening with a pile of jagged grey rocks

Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system artist illustration of bright sun surrounded by glowing disk of matter

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system

UChicago, Field Museum scientists discover oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust black and white image, close-up of crystalline dust fragment

UChicago, Field Museum scientists discover oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust

Blue crystals in meteorites show that sun behaved like ‘high-energy toddler’ Thumbnail

Blue crystals in meteorites show that sun behaved like ‘high-energy toddler’

Today's rare meteorites were common 466 million years ago, study finds

Today's rare meteorites were common 466 million years ago, study finds

Isotopic similarities seen in materials that formed Earth, moon

Isotopic similarities seen in materials that formed Earth, moon

Solar system could have evolved from poorly mixed elemental soup

Solar system could have evolved from poorly mixed elemental soup