We're used to a lot of different natural things falling out of the sky. These can include snow, rain and sometimes even frogs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. This is a science story of sheer luck. A meteorite made “auditory ...

How Earth and the other planets of the solar system formed and evolved over the aeons is a hot question for planetary scientists like me. One of the best ways to find out is by looking at rocks from ...

A cross-section of a piece of the Allende meteorite. The beads of glass inside these meteorites are called chondrules. Scientists think they are bits of rock left over from the debris that was ...

The Earth is subjected to constant change regardless of time or location. For generations, we have been studying the planet we live on to better understand how it came to be what it is today. But when ...

How Earth and the other planets of the solar system formed and evolved over the eons is a hot question for planetary scientists like me. One of the best ways to find out is by looking at rocks from ...

Ever since scientists started looking at meteorites with microscopes, they’ve been puzzled—and fascinated—by what’s inside. Most meteorites are made of tiny beads of glass that date back to the ...