Machine learning points to prime places in Antarctica to find meteorites

More than 600 spots in the icy continent may be prime locales for finding lots more space rocks

image of researchers crouched on the ice with snowmobiles

Researchers discover a meteorite in the Nansen blue ice area near Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Antarctic research station during a 2019–2020 expedition.

Field team of the BELARE 2019-2020 meteorite recovery expedition on the Nansen Ice Field

The hunt for meteorites may have just gotten some new leads.