Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

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The statue is some 24 centimeters tall, weighs 10.6 kilograms. Sept. 29, 2012— -- The statue was first discovered by the Nazis in Tibet as they were searching for the origins of the Aryan race.

An Austrian forest ranger picked up the rock in 1976. Decades later, scientists discovered the object’s origin story while digging through old photos. By Katherine Kornei Katherine Kornei has written ...

In July 1969, the crew of the Apollo 11 brought back nearly 48 pounds (22 kilograms) of pristine lunar rocks from the most incredible — and expensive — rock-collecting expedition in history. NASA had ...

“Meteorites” are space rocks that have survived passage through Earth’s atmosphere and have landed on the planet’s surface. They’re different than “meteoroids” (space rocks outside the Earth’s ...