How can you determine whether that odd-looking rock you just stumbled over on your hike is a rare meteorite or just another stone that originated on Earth? Very carefully, said Dick Pugh, a scientist who has been studying meteorites for half a century. Read more
Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory on the campus of Portland State University, OR. There we got to hold in our hands pieces of outer space, including fragments of the Moon and Mars. That may be one of the coolest things we've ever done. See more