Another asteroid zooms past earth
Denton Ebel, meteorite curator at the American Museum of Natural History, tells MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about the asteroid that flew past earth today.
Meteorite Crater Under Iowa Confirmed in New Images
Buried beneath the rocks, dirt, buildings and roads of the city of Decorah, Iowa, lies a 470 million-year-old meteorite crater. Full story
Big Meteorite Discovered in Antarctica
Meteorite hunters at the bottom of the world bagged a rare find this southern summer: a 40-pound (18 kilogram) chunk of extraterrestrial rock. Full story
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Meteor fragments could fetch thousands apiece
The so-called ‘meteorite rush’ has begun around the city of Chelyabinsk where people have been searching in the snow and ice for chunks of the meteor that hit the Earth’s atmosphere last week. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Radar could not detect meteorite
The astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City talks about the meteorite that hit the Ural Mountains area in Russia, saying such an event could happen “perhaps once a decade,” and explaining that it was the shock wave as the meteorite entered the atmosphere and explode
British man creates wine infused with meteorite
A man who has a vineyard in Chile has produced a wine using a meteorite in the fermentation process. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
Space rocks give clues to creation
Meteorites buried in Midwest soil give valuable information to scientists. KSNW's Stephanie Bergmann reports.
Possible meteorite shoots over Peru
Residents of Peru are surprised as a suspected meteorite is seen flying over the Andes Mountains. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
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A local resident shows a fragment thought to be part of a meteorite collected in a snow-covered field in the Yetkulski region, outside the city of Chelyabinsk.
A local resident shows a fragment thought to be part of a meteorite collected in a snow covered field in the Yetkulski region outside the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
A local resident shows a fragment thought to be part of a meteorite collected in a snow covered field in the Yetkulski region outside the Urals city of Chelyabinsk February 24, 2013. A meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural mountains and sent fireballs blazing to earth has set off a rush to find fr
A local resident shows fragments thought to be part of a meteorite collected in a snow covered field in the Yetkulski region outside the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
A local resident shows fragments thought to be part of a meteorite collected in a snow covered field in the Yetkulski region outside the Urals city of Chelyabinsk February 24, 2013. A meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural mountains and sent fireballs blazing to earth has set off a rush to find fra
People look for meteorite fragments in a snow covered field in the Yetkulski region outside the Urals city of Chelyabinsk
People look for meteorite fragments in a snow covered field in the Yetkulski region outside the Urals city of Chelyabinsk February 24, 2013. A meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural mountains and sent fireballs blazing to earth has set off a rush to find fragments of the space rock which hunters ho
