BIR MOGHREIN, Mauritania — You may have seen a meteorite before, even if you didn’t know it. Nearly 100,000 pounds of meteoritic matter enters Earth’s atmosphere every day, scientists estimate. The ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A group of scientists took to the skies in a blimp Thursday in search of meteorites that rained over California's gold country last month. It's the latest hunt for ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The discovery not only ...

"Allende Meteorite." Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Web. 24 June 2013. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9622, Clarke, Roy S., Jr. interviewee, ...