In a nutshell Liquid water existed on Mars far more recently than expected: A precise new analysis of the Lafayette meteorite ...

As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars, offering new clues about the planet's ancient climate and potential habitability.

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has snapped an image of a mysterious rock embedded in the surface of Mars, and researchers aren't ...

Water is essential to life as we know it, but scientists are still unsure about how it originated on Earth. One theory is that asteroids express-shipped us hydrogen, essential to the formation of ...

Scientists have discovered a mineral that will help study the Earth’s core and cosmic bodies, TASS reports Photo: ...

An Oxford study suggests Earth’s water may be native, challenging the idea that asteroids brought water to Earth after the ...

BIR MOGHREIN, Mauritania — You may have seen a meteorite before, even if you didn’t know it. Nearly 100,000 pounds of meteoritic matter enters Earth’s atmosphere every day, scientists estimate.

Scientists from the University of Oxford analyzed a rare type of meteorite known as an enstatite chondrite. The space rock dates to around 4.6 billion years ago and is believed to be similar in ...

These meteorites are full of water-bearing minerals, carbon, and even amino acids, the building blocks of life. Many scientists believe they played a key role in delivering water and organics to ...