meteorite

Recent excavations in Antarctica have yielded not just one of the world's biggest meteorites. The melon-sized rock weighs a staggering 16.7 pounds. It's thrilling to discover any meteorite, but finding one this large is quite unusual. Scientists also discovered four...

The twin Lakes Zerelia in Central Greece belong to the rare phenomena that mesmerize with their beauty and perplex with what could be found underneath

Geologists have discovered two alien minerals unknown to Earth in a meteorite in Somalia. A small, 2.5 ounce (70-gram) fragment of the fifteen thousand kilogram fallen comet known as El Ali revealed the alien ore. Scientists stumbled upon the unknown...

For the first time ever, the finding of water in an asteroid sample by Japan's Hayabusa2 space mission sheds light on how the Earth's oceans may have originated. On Thursday, research teams from Tohoku University, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,...

Scotland and North England residents were fascinated after spotting a meteorite "bigger than anything ever seen " gliding through the sky. The event, according to residents, was both unbelievable and stunning. The UK Meteor Network confirmed the meteorite's appearance and...

The first meteorite confirmed to have fallen in Greece has been "repatriated" after 164 years. The meteorite fell in 1818 in the northern Greek city of Serres, at a time when the country was still under Ottoman rule. The locals who...

A Greek geologist participates in the organized NASA eight-member mission to conduct meteorite research in Antarctica. Yiannis Baziotis, an Assistant Professor at the University of Athens will remain in McMurdo's base, in icy cold continent until January 2018. He shares his...

A mysterious blue glow that lit up the sky, followed by a loud rumble alarmed the residents near the area of Troodos in Cyprus early Friday morning. According to a SigmaLive report, police received a number of calls from citizens...

Many residents of Western Greece experienced a unique and incredible phenomenon at 9pm yesterday evening. Meteorologists spoke of a meteorite that was to fall in the Ionia sea. The phenomenon was particularly noticed from the residents of Zante in the...