meteorites

MIT finds oldest magnetic traces in solar system’s first meteorite dust

A Martian meteorite discovered in Algeria in 2019 has been confirmed as 1.27 billion years old, filling a nearly two-billion-year gap in the geologic record of Mars, according to a study published in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Separately,…

Dinosaur-killing asteroid identified as rare ‘oddball’ meteorite

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago has been identified as a CO chondrite — one of the rarest and most primitive classes of space rock known to science. The finding, published July 17 in Science…

Niger probes $5.3M Mars meteorite sale at Sotheby’s

Niger has launched a formal investigation into the sale of a Martian meteorite found within its borders that was auctioned for $5.3 million at Sotheby's in New York, raising questions about the legal export of the country's geological treasures.

Largest Mars meteorite on Earth could fetch $4M at auction

A 54-pound chunk of Mars, the largest piece of the red planet ever discovered on Earth, will go under the hammer at Sotheby's New York on July 16 with an estimated price tag of up to $4 million. The meteorite,…