Morocco now produces more meteorite discoveries than anywhere on Earth, with some Martian and lunar fragments selling for millions of dollars. The government legalized meteorite exports in 2020, ...
On Dec. 27, 1984, a Mars meteorite was found in Antarctica. The meteorite, known as Allan Hills 84001, was found in Allan Hills, which is a group of hills in Antarctica. It was found by an American ...
Three meteorite hunters from the American Meteor Society have found among the first reported fragments of the “Michigan meteor” that exploded over metro Detroit Tuesday evening. The hunters told The ...
The Hoba meteorite weighs about 60 metric tons and has never been moved. It lies on a farm in Namibia, right where it fell ...
A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years of hunting yielded nothing – but now twin brothers think they have solved ...
Some licensed hunters organize expeditions for tourists. Even so, Morocco now has by far the least restrictive laws among meteorite-rich countries for the trade and export of space rocks. Nearby, ...