The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum says it will pay big bucks for a verified piece of the fireball that fell in the state on Saturday. Reading time 2 minutes In need of some extra cash? Well then, dust ...

It’s a great area for meteorite hunting. There are old surfaces. Meteorites contain iron, so we might sort of look for the dry areas where they won’t decompose. And I went on a mission, and I said, ...

Part of my personal cosmic journey will come to an end on July 22, 2023, when my private meteorite collection is sold by Heritage Auctions of Dallas. I became entirely smitten with meteorites at the ...

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership.

Dean chats with Scott VanBommel, meteorite hunter and senior research scientist at Washington University in St. Louis. Listen to learn what it takes to find a meteorite (you'll have to start looking ...

A field or fields north of Jacksonville Correctional Center could be hiding valuable meteorites that have gone undiscovered for nearly 20 years. Part-time meteorite hunter Joe Kerchner of Mendota ...

FEDERALSBURG, Md. -- Two meteorite hunters canvased open land and downtowns on Wednesday, on the hunt for meteorites. With a little bit of patience and luck, Roberto Vargas and Mike Hankey just might ...

A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years ...

Morocco now produces more meteorite discoveries than anywhere on Earth, with some Martian and lunar fragments selling for millions of dollars. The government legalized meteorite exports in 2020, ...

Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons -- it's bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it's one of the best places in the world to hunt for meteorites. That's partly because ...

Researchers in Antarctica have recovered a rare large meteorite on the ice. Weighing in at 7.6 kilograms, it is one of the largest space rocks ever discovered on the continent. Antarctica’s dry, cold ...

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership.