Scientists have long been baffled by carbon-rich meteorites that show little evidence of violent space collisions. But new ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was ...

What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other?You'd expect to see clear signs of impact in the ensuing ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The discovery not only ...

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 ...

The researchers reached the conclusion by studying 7,982 meteoroid trajectories and 540 potential meteorite falls.

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases ...

Researchers may have answered one of space science's long-running questions -- and it could change our understanding of how life began. Carbon-rich asteroids are abundant in space yet make up less ...

In carbon-containing meteorites, impacts create extremely hot carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases (yellow). Kurosawa says: “We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to ...