Meteorite

NWA 16788 was ejected from its own planet by a massive asteroid collision, wandered around in space for ages, before landing on Earth 140 million miles from where it started. And it could be yours (if your pockets are deep enough).

Meteor showers are beautiful astronomical phenomena, but they can be fickle. Now a Japanese company is planning to put on artificial shooting star shows on demand with the Sky Canvas project. And there might be some scientific benefits to it as well.

Rare earth elements are vital for electronics, but they’re in short supply. Now scientists have recreated a promising alternative – a “cosmic magnet” that normally takes millions of years to form in meteorites is cooked up in the lab in seconds.

Australian scientists have discovered strangely folded diamonds in rare meteorite samples. In investigating how they came to form, the team found evidence that they were forged in a cataclysm on an ancient dwarf planet.

The Apophis USB drive is made with parts of an actual meteorite.