Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder.

Dozens of meteorite hunters spread across farmland and wooded areas in northern Ohio this week, searching for fragments of a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – There’s no way of knowing how many meteorites struck the ground in and around Medina County on Tuesday morning after a 7-ton asteroid exploded over the Cleveland area. It could be ...

First identified in 1967, lonsdaleite is the hardest naturally-occuring mineral ever discovered—yes, it’s even harder than diamonds. Lonsdaleite, however, has only been found in meteorites, suggesting ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Meteorite hunters are like storm chasers, only they aren’t looking skyward for potential funnel clouds — ...

Researchers made small, pure samples of the elusive mineral lonsdaleite – also known as hexagonal diamond — and tested its ...

Check out this out-of-this-world rock that was recovered right here in the Valley in the 1800s!

On March 15, 1806, a meteorite fell from the sky near the town of Alais, France. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Known as the Alais meteorite, this was the first object from space ...

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...

A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers and spruce forest near the town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of March 31, 1965. Fragments of this ...

Remember the famous meteorite NWA 7034, a.k.a Black Beauty found in Northwest Africa? Researchers using neutron scanning technology have discovered a hidden reservoir of ancient water locked inside ...

Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder. Evidence of this was gathered over the past sixty years in meteorite ...