A NASA study shows that meteorites delivered only a small amount of water to Earth over the past four billion years.

NASA research using Apollo lunar regolith data refines the Moon’s impact record and places limits on meteorite contributions to Earth’s water over geologic time.

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

When a NASA scientist finally cracked open a cache of 50-year-old lunar soil, the expectation was to refine old models, not ...

Not all heavy, rust-colored “gold rocks” are from Earth. In the historic goldfields of southeastern Australia, a prospector ...

This year’s Australia Day Honours celebrates the contributions of several big public service names, including former ...

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 ...

Dinosaur footprints are not perfect snapshots of the feet that made them. AI techniques from photon science can help identify ...

Meteorite-dial timepieces aren’t just aesthetically pleasing—they also contain the secrets to the origins of life.

The Treasure of Villena has been studied for decades and mostly admired for its gold. Found near Alicante in 1963, the hoard contains dozens of finely.

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive fireball ...

Using a brand new data analysis tool, astronomers identified more than 800 strange and previously undocumented space objects.