One of the world's largest Mars meteorites departed the National Institute of Polar Research in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on March 26 ...

The Antarctic Meteorite Collection at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) in Japan has been recognized as a Geo-collection by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).

What if we could determine what material built our solar system, how old it is, and even the type of star it came from? Emilie Dunham, postdoctoral ...

When scientists found one such meteorite embedded in the thick ice of Antarctica, they unlocked a time capsule carrying insights about the universe. In a 2019 study published in Nature Astronomy, ...

Scientists have have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

A "Mars rock" that will go on display at the World Expo in Osaka opening next month has left a Tokyo research facility for ...

The ancient crater’s discovery in the Pilbara suggests meteorite impacts may have kickstarted Earth's first continents, and ...

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The Antarctic Creek Member is only 20 metres or so in thickness ... They are the only feature of shock visible to the naked eye, and in nature can only form following a meteorite impact. Little more ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest ...