This statement might sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but what if life on Earth didn’t start here at all? For decades, ...

I recently learned that there are likely to be several meteorites sitting on the top of my London home. Tiny meteorites, less ...

In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks of life in the solar ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner solar system. New research from Rice University reveals that Jupiter played a ...

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Chang'e 6 made history in 2024, by bringing back 1,935.3 grams of lunar samples from the Moon's South Pole-Aitken Basin.

We know the temperature of Earth ’s inner core is very roughly about 5,000 Kelvin (K) (4,727°C). It was once liquid, but has cooled and become solid over time, expanding outwards in the process. As it ...

Meteorites - the rocks that hurtle from outer space and make it to Earth, get a moment to shine when collectors gather in Cincinnati to show off the treasures they have found this Saturday.