Meteorites hold the key to the mysteries of the universe, but increasingly, significant scientific finds are being lost to private collectors. Last year, New Zealand formally recorded an apple ...

South Islanders saw a fireball break through the atmosphere near Wānaka overnight with a loud sonic boom. The cause was a falling meteorite which became a fireball and raced above Queenstown around ...

Meteorites hold the key to the mysteries of the universe, but increasingly, significant scientific finds are being lost to private collectors. Last year, New Zealand formally recorded an apple ...

The object would be New Zealand’s 11th documented meteorite, if found. “Orbital data indicates the rock originated from the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, Fireballs ...

Fireballs Aotearoa, a group interested in meteorites, said a sonic boom was widely reported as the object came in overhead.

Each day, roughly 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle toward Earth. While meteorites that fall into the ocean are lost […] The post 48.5 Tons Of Space Rock Head Towards Earth Daily, And Here’s Who Gets To ...

On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' for whom the question is not if but when ...

Every country follows a specific rule to determine the ownership of meteorites. Some allow private collectors to keep them, while others have only mandated state ownership without any compensation. As ...