How does iron appear in an Iberian treasure made centuries before local ironworking took hold? In the Treasure of Villena, a ...

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found an iron meteorite, the first meteorite of any type ever identified on another planet. The pitted, basketball-size object is mostly made of iron and ...

Highly Skilled craftsmanshipA ge with a meteoritic iron blade mounted in bronze was found in the tomb of a ruler from the eighth or ninth century B.C. The weapon represents an innovation in ...

It was part of a space rock that created a dramatic fireball over Uppsala. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A half-melted hunk of ...

Among the many items recovered from King Tut’s tomb was a dagger made of iron, which is a material that was rarely used during Egypt’s 18th dynasty. That iron likely came from a meteorite, and a ...

Kilgore found his first meteorite in 1990. He still keeps the small nickel-iron rock in his pocket to remind himself of his humble beginnings as a collector. Since then, he has amassed more than ...