Two asteroids smashed into one another about 470 million years ago, spilling their cosmic guts out into the solar system. Today, scientists reported that they have found a new kind of meteorite which ...
The asteroid 2024 BX1’s trip toward Earth ended in a fireball Jan. 21, 2024. Soon after, experts rushed to locate pieces of the resulting meteorite. The fragments — about the size of a walnut — were ...
A fragment of meteorite which fell to earth in a quiet village in Gloucestershire may hold the answer to a question scientists have been puzzling over for decades: where did our planet's water come ...
The researchers pose with the 16.7-pound meteorite on a snowscape in Antarctica. Scientists recently scooped up one of the heaviest meteorites ever discovered in Antarctica, as well as four other ...
Meteorite NWA 16788 is one of the rarest types of space rock on Earth Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...
There are few conceptions of mining in the world beyond that which is carried out on Earth. Research has always been based ...
Martian meteorite is formally referred to as Northwest Africa 7034 but is also going by the nickname “black beauty.” The exquisite looking dark rock above is actually a first-of-its-kind Martian ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...