Mars might be a thrilling destination, but its dust could be deadly. A team of scientists warns that long-term exposure to ...

Long-term exposure to Mars dust may pose serious health risks to astronauts, including lung damage and thyroid issues.

A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s ...

In 1981, for example, when Smithsonian researchers tried to cut through a large iron ... of meteorite diamonds, some scientists believe they have found evidence that the colossal cloud of dust ...

Inhaling dust particles from the Red Planet over long periods of time could put humans at risk of developing respiratory issues, thyroid disease and other health problems.

Meteorites are primarily stony chondrites, but also include iron-rich achondrites and pallasites. Studying meteors provides ...

How does one go about finding meteorites in the first place ... because many micrometeorites contain a fleck of iron. The final step is to go through the cleaned-up dust grain by grain under a ...

As the name suggests, these are made of rock. Only about 6 per cent of meteorites in collections around the world are iron-rich – these are rare and rather special beasts. They are thought to ...

Dust on Mars (Martian dust) increases the risk of health problems like silicosis and thyroid disease for future Mars ...

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid ... They range in size from nearly 1000 kilometres across, to microscopic dust particles. Collisions within the belt can send objects hurtling towards Earth ...

This 635-kilogramme iron meteorite was once part of a larger meteorite that fell ... At the bottom of a tiny vial is a smudge made up of millions of microscopic diamonds. They formed in the dust ...