A rare iron meteorite has been found in the Sahara Desert, providing scientists a unique glimpse into the cores of ancient ...
For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...
Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a ...
The city’s architecture travels through time and continents, incorporating everything from slabs of the Italian Alps to meteorites that hit southern Africa 2bn years ago ...
Earth is often described as a water world, but how that water arrived has never been settled. For years, the focus has rested ...
New research suggests Earth’s water came from sources other than meteorites, challenging long-standing theories on planetary ...
NASA's recent study, using lunar soil samples from Apollo missions, challenges popular theories about meteorites being the primary source of Earth's water.
Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...
Glide over Nördlingen, Germany’s extraordinary medieval town, uniquely built inside a massive 15-million-year-old meteor crater. This stunning drone footage reveals its perfectly preserved circular ...
This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...