Where do most of Earth's space rocks come from?

Where do most of Earth's space rocks come from? - BBC Newsround

A team of astronomers have shown that about 70% of known meteorite impacts came from just three groups of asteroids in our solar system's main asteroid belt.

New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come ...

Two new studies show that the majority of meteorites originate from just one family of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.

Meteors and Meteorites: Facts - NASA Science

Most meteorites found on Earth come from shattered asteroids, although some come from Mars or the Moon. In theory, small pieces of Mercury or Venus could have ...

What's That Space Rock? | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

They can be about as wide as a car to about as wide as the state of Utah. Most of the asteroids in our solar system come from a rock-filled region called the ...

Where did the rocks that form planets, stars, asteroids etc. even ...

Planets and stars did not form from rocks, ultimately they they formed from gas. Upvote

Astronomers Uncover the Origin of Most of Earth's Meteorites ...

Those are recent origins, compared to the overall age of our solar system, which is about 4.6 billion years old. “The most recent collisional ...

The Curious Origin of Space Rocks Large and Small - News

The smashing and crashing of these asteroids deep in space create the majority of meteorites that land on Earth. Dermott kept asking himself one ...

New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come ...

New study shows that most space rocks crashing into Earth come from space.

The cataclysmic origins of most of Earth's meteorites have been found

Most of Earth's meteorites can be linked to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two new studies report.

Meteorites: Messengers From Outer Space

Most meteorites come from the asteroid belt, a collection of small rocky bodies – they're about 1,000 km (600 miles) or less in diameter – orbiting the Sun ...

What Are Meteorites? Ancient Clues to Our Solar System | AMNH

All meteorites come from inside our solar system. Most of them are fragments of asteroids that broke apart long ago in the asteroid belt, located between Mars ...

Rocks from space - The Australian Museum

Rocks from space · Meteorites from Mars and the Moon. Most stony meteorites found on Earth originated from asteroids, but very rare ones have come from the Moon ...

New research shows most space rocks crashing into earth come ...

Scientists know that while some of these meteorites come from the Moon and Mars, the majority come from asteroid.

Most meteorites come from just three sources - Astronomy Magazine

There are other sources of meteorites on Earth, to be certain. For instance, around 6 percent come from either the Moon, Mars, or the ...

How do we know where meteorites come from?

Most meteorites come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Some of them might also be ejected off the surface of Mars or the Moon.

Astronomers trace the origin of meteorites that have struck Earth

But from where exactly are these space rocks coming? New research has the answer ... "While more than 70,000 meteorites are known, only 6% had ...

Meteorite - National Geographic Education

A meteorite is a fragment of spatial matter that falls to the surface of a planet. Most meteorites that fall to Earth come from the Asteroid Belt.

The science of space rocks - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Where do the meteorites that fall to Earth actually come from? The vast majority of meteorites we find on Earth come from the asteroid belt ...

Where do meteorites come from? - New Scientist

This gave rise to a hail of chondrites that rained down on Earth during the Ordovician period. Most of the fragments are still out there and, even now, they ...

The origin of most meteorites on Earth has finally been discovered ...

The origin of 90% of all meteorites has been discovered, with around 70% stemming from just three asteroid collisions.