If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...

Until now, only a small fraction of meteorites that land on Earth had been firmly linked back to their parent body out in space – but a set of new studies has just given us compelling origin stories ...

Scientists have successfully used advanced CT scanning techniques to study one of themost famous Mars meteorites, NWA 7034, ...

A Martian meteorite discovered in Antarctica has revealed features that suggest water once flowed through it. The findings ...

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 ...

New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's ...

The Yale Peabody Museum is now home to one of the oldest and most valuable scientifically significant meteorite collection. Their second donation — this trove from the Planetary Studies Foundation ...

Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the ...

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Mars has a distinct structure in its mantle and crust with discernible reservoirs, and this is known thanks to meteorites that scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and ...