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This meteorite fall in the Eastern Cape sparked a collaborative scientific investigation that involved researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand, Nelson Mandela University and Rhodes University. (Supplied)
ACHONDRITIC METEORITE

Rare meteorite fragment found in Eastern Cape provisionally named the ‘Nqweba’

The meteorite streaked across the sky on 25 August

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
NASA team members broadcast a live feed of the Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return and recovery mission at Dugway, Utah, on September 24, 2023. (Photo by GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images)
ASTEROID

Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first

NASA chief Bill Nelson said the asteroid dust ‘will give scientists an extraordinary glimpse into the beginnings of our solar system’

  • George Frey
  • Lucie Auborg
4 min read
Victoria Thiem, system safety engineer at Lockheed Martin, checks the temperature of the actual size Osiris-Rex return capsule sample during the recovery rehearsal at Lockheed Martin, Waterton Canyon campus in Littleton, Colorado on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
ASTEROID

NASA readies for dramatic return of asteroid sample to Earth

Four years after its 2016 launch, the probe landed on the asteroid Bennu and collected roughly 250 grams of dust from its rocky surface

  • Lucie Auborg
4 min read
The rocket decanter collection by Jonathan Adler will blast you into high spirits.
ASTEROID

Objects of Desire that are out of this world

30 June is International Asteroid Day. We have sprinted across the solar system to bring you the best in star-showered pieces

  • Kimberley Schoeman
2 min read