However, not all of those celestial bodies survived, and a new analysis of a the meteorite NWA 15915 shows that it likely originated from a world that was similar to Mercury in its composition—but not ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

And iron-containing meteorites are worth having, not least because they are useful ... the sloshing of which produces the magnetic field that protects our planet from harmful radiation in space ...

By cataloguing the meteorites, we can build up a picture of how many of these not-quite planets there were and what they looked like. In some cases, we can even see traces left by the magnetic ...

Most stony meteorites are magnetic and quite heavy for their size ... If your report appears promising, a specialist will propose laboratory examination of the specimen. Do not break the meteorite ...