The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday was a meteor, according to NASA.So what is a meteorite? NASA says this: A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such ...

Weisberg, M. K., McCoy, Timothy J., and Krot, A. N. 2006. "Systematics and evaluation of meteorite classification." In Meteorites and the Early Solar System II ...

Space researchers prize meteorites because they can be 4.6-billion-year-old time capsules.

A meteorite found in Morocco has revealed an unusually high concentration of water. At 2.1 billion years old, the rock ...

Scientists at Rice University are analyzing fragments from a meteorite that blazed across the Houston sky on March 21, 2026, ...

For Houstonians who saw it, the fireball meteor that streaked across the East Texas sky last month was a brief, blazing moment of awe. For space researchers at Rice University, it was an opportunity.