The rare stony chondrite meteorite will likely be dubbed the “Titusville, N.J.,” after the location where it smashed through a roof, officials said.

The Tellus Science Museum announced last week that it acquired a piece of the meteorite, which created a visible fireball ...

The Tellus Science Museum in Georgia added a 150-gram meteorite, recently seen blazing through the sky, to its collection.

Shannon Graham, an assistant professor of physics at the college who helped analyze the rock, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the chondrite meteorite, which contains low levels of iron, is one ...

Scientists say the rock that crashed into Suzy Kop's home is a 2.5-pound stony chondrite meteorite. "Came through here, hit the floor here. because that's completely damaged.

Scientists with The College of New Jersey determined the 6-by-4-inch object, which weighs about 2.2 pounds, is a rare stony chondrite meteorite.

Research has also shown that some early chondrite meteorites contained radioactive forms of elements like aluminum that release a form of high-energy radiation called gamma rays when they decay.

One of the strongest connections is between H-chondrite meteorites and the Koronis asteroid family in the pristine main belt. Jenniskens and his team found that 12 H chondrites, which are rich in ...

"We now see that 12 of the iron-rich ordinary chondrite meteorites (H chondrites) originated from a debris field called "Koronis," which is located low in the pristine main belt," said Jenniskens.

Herd met up with Velaidum a few days later and the pair recovered nearly 100 more grams of debris. Though researchers confirmed the samples to be from an ordinary chondrite meteorite, the most ...