A routine test for a Mars-bound instrument has led to an unexpected discovery. While preparing the European Space Agency’s ...

The fight to claim a 3.5-tonne space rock didn't just kickstart a publicity battle that divided an empire — it also left a ...

A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists previously claimed was 3.47 billion years old.

A new Southwest Research Institute-led study proposes a solution to a longstanding puzzle in planetary science: What caused ...

If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new ...

The meteorite​ that caused a sonic boom heard throughout Massachusetts on Saturday ​landed "right in the middle of Cape Cod Bay," NASA researchers​ say.

Chemical signatures indicate the meteorite came from an early planet that met an untimely end during the formation of our solar system ...

A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our understanding of the moon's volcanic history. Presented at the Goldschmidt ...

ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover will use MOMA to search for ancient Martian life by analyzing chiral organic molecules.

Garnet found in a 4.4-billion-year-old meteorite gives potential insight into the history, development and geological processes of Mars.

The mission to land humans on Mars may remain tantalizingly elusive, but pieces of the red planet have been crashing into planet earth for millions of years. The largest-known chunk, a meteorite ...

Scientists studying a rare, ancient angrite meteorite found in the Sahara Desert have uncovered evidence of a lost protoplanet from the early Solar System.