How to spot the 2023 Perseid meteor shower wherever you are
20 July 2023
The Perseids are a major meteor shower - here is your guide to spotting them in July and August 2023
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Meteorite left Earth then landed back down after round trip to space
11 July 2023
Most of the meteorites found on Earth come from asteroids, but a few come from other bodies like Mars and the moon. Now, researchers say they have discovered a new kind - a rock originally from Earth that went to space then came back
Interstellar meteor fragments may have been found in the Pacific Ocean
27 June 2023
An expedition to hunt for fragments of a possible interstellar meteor has found 40 tiny iron spherules on the sea floor – but whether they are truly interstellar is controversial
How to watch the Lyrids meteor shower peak this weekend
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You have a decent chance of seeing shooting stars from anywhere in the world during the Lyrids meteor shower peak in the early hours of 22 and 23 April
Earliest evidence of a meteorite hitting Earth found in Australia
15 March 2023
Tiny pieces of stone found in a rock formation in Western Australia may be the oldest evidence of a meteorite impact on Earth, dating back nearly 3.5 billion years
Rare Antarctic meteorite is one of the largest ever found
24 January 2023
Antarctica is the perfect place to go meteorite hunting, as space rocks stand out on the wide fields of ice, and researchers have found a new crop
Strangely strong interstellar meteorites may come from supernovae
2 January 2023
The two interstellar meteorites identified so far seem to be significantly stronger than local meteorites, which may mean they formed in supernovae
Building blocks for life may be able to form in radioactive meteorites
7 December 2022
Amino acids have been found in meteorites, and now an experiment shows how they might have been created by chemical reactions in these space rocks
Meteorite impacts show Mars’s crust is denser than we thought
27 October 2022
Shock waves from two meteorites hitting Mars moved faster than expected, hinting they came through dense material, perhaps because of the presence of a water table
Major fireball seen over UK was caused by chunk of space rock
16 September 2022
Planetary scientists have been racing to establish the origin of a bright fireball seen over parts of the UK on 14 September – the evidence now points to it being a meteor rather than re-entering space debris
