Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a ...

A rare iron meteorite has been found in the Sahara Desert, providing scientists a unique glimpse into the cores of ancient ...

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

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

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...

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 ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the ...

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

Nine-year-old Ariana Church discovered a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite older than Earth itself - while exploring a beach in ...

A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered a major share of Earth's water. A new study by Universities Space Research ...

Earthquakes can be damaging enough, but sometimes what follows can be worse. Dan Smith takes us through one of Earth's most ...

Scientists have identified the largest sulfur-containing organic molecule in interstellar space, providing new insights into life's cosmic origins.