A new study has upended a long-held theory that asteroids brought water to Earth – as it turns out it may have always been ...

The type of meteorites that could have been crucial to the origins of life are very rare, but the asteroids they come from are common. Astronomers have long had an explanation for this paradox, but ...

Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and ...

As CNN reports, several chunks of a very rare type of meteorite rained down on the town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, and the fragments are of particular interest to scientists. The type of ...

These rare meteorites, which make up only 0.2 percent of meteorites broadly, provide an incredibly rare window into the chaotic machinations of the early Solar System. Meteorites littered across ...

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

Meteorites have great scientific value, and rare types of meteorites also have significant monetary ... Iron meteorites are highly magnetic and very heavy for their size. An iron meteorite the size of ...

The doghouse and the meteor that hit it are up for auction as part of Christie's "Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar, and Other Rare Meteorites" sale Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

Jenniskens and Devillepoix find that low iron (L chondrite) and very low iron (LL chondrite) meteorites come to us primarily from the inner main belt. Scientists have long linked the LL chondrites ...

It's the first time in 30 years that a meteorite has been recovered in the UK. The fragments, which scientists are calling "incredibly exciting", have been identified as very rare and were ...

A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s ...