A popular tool for identifying meteorites can overwrite records of magnetic fields stored within the space rocks.

Scientists from Yale University may have finally solved the puzzle of why some meteorites have unexpected magnetic fields.

Scientists are asking meteorite hunters to refrain from using magnets to test the authenticity of their finds because this can destroy the specimen's magnetic memory, erasing valuable information ...

Designer/builder Franz Baudenbacher holding sample of Martian meteorite ALH84001 next to scanning stage of URSSM. Photo source: Neil Brake, Vanderbilt University.

Astrophysicists say that magnetic clues in a meteorite outline the earliest steps in the formation of the solar system and Earth-like planets.

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.

The magnetic stability in rocks returns immediately after the shock wave passes. At Santa Fe, the meteorite's impact sent a massive shock wave through the rocks, as expected.

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

Scientists are asking meteorite hunters to cease and desist using magnets to verify their finds. Even weak magnets can destroy valuable information concerning the magnetic field of its parent body ...

Magnetic fields in 4-billion-year-old rocks suggest the dust and gas cloud that spawned the solar system had gone by 3.8 million years after the sun formed ...

Planetary scientists measure ancient remanent magnetic fields in two Antarctic meteorites to better understand the gaseous nebula from which our solar system formed.