Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

Learn about the new perspective on Earth's reduction of moderately volatile elements, a discovery made possible by meteorites ...

Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...

Scientists used to believe that when a massive impact created the Moon, it also delivered a lot of water to Earth. However, this study challenges that idea. Instead, it suggests that Earth got its ...

New research on meteorites may finally hold the answers to why Earth and Mars suffer from a mysterious absence of specific ...

For years, scientists have been puzzled about why Earth and Mars have fewer important elements like copper and zinc compared ...

The ultimate material, a composite of real iron meteorite and carbon steel, is known as non-stainless meteorite Damascus — and the overall “Mosaic Crossed Damascus Pattern” is stunning. In that way, ...

carbon, and nitrogen. Understanding their origin provides vital clues about why Earth became a habitable world. Earth and Mars contain significantly fewer MVEs than primitive meteorites ...

Countless celestial objects traverse the cosmos, each with its own unique characteristics and potential impact, literally, on Earth. Among ...