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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

They've determined this from a rather unlikely source: iron meteorites. Our solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago, when a rotating cloud of dust and gas — the solar nebula ...

One trick is to use a magnet, because many micrometeorites contain a fleck of iron. The final step is to go through the cleaned-up dust grain by grain under a microscope. It’s by turns dirty and ...

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 ...

As early as 3,000 BC in Egypt, people found iron-rich rocks scattered across the dry landscape and realised they were different. The ancient Egyptians used these meteorites to create high status ...

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

The Rowton iron meteorite had to pass through the asteroid ... it may have been done in the dust of what came billions of years before. Five things we get wrong about space Forget everything ...