The Earth is a wondrous place, but some of the most stunning things sometimes come from off-world. Take, for example, ...

They are considered some of the most beautiful meteorites. There are two different types of stony-iron meteorites: pallasite and mesosiderite. Pallasites contain big, beautiful olive-green crystals - ...

Since direct sampling is impossible, scientists rely on indirect methods. Pallasites and metallic meteorites are rocks from differentiated asteroids—ones that also have a mantle and core.

Fragments of the meteorite are thought to have been knocked off the surface of Mars 700,000 years ago. This extraterrestrial piece of sparkling rock is part of an ancient pallasite meteorite. It's one ...

In 1954 in Alabama, a meteorite the size of a grapefruit crashed through a roof, bounced off a radio and hit Anne Hodges as she sat in her living room. Luckily she got away with just bruising and ...