In A Nutshell Mars was erupting while T. rex roamed Earth: A Martian volcano system was active between 64 and 50 million ...

Scientists studying a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover have uncovered something tantalizing: the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars. The compounds — decane, undecane, and ...

Famous Martian Meteorite Found Packed With Traces of 'Ancient Water' ...

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

Neutron and X-ray scans of the Black Beauty Martian meteorite identified hydrogen-rich minerals, providing evidence of water-bearing materials in ancient Martian rock samples.

On Feb. 8, 1969, a massive meteorite rained a couple of tons of stones on the Mexican town of Allende, not far from the Texas ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

With new technology, smarter tools, and a lot of patient digging, historians and archaeologists are uncovering marvels from every corner of the world. One day it’s an enormous thigh bone from a ...

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

Russia's customs service says a 2.8-ton chunk of the Aletai meteorite was found in a shipping container, labeled as a garden ...

Rudy Frederick has been keeping an eye on the heavens for years, fascinated by what’s beyond the limits of Earth’s atmosphere ...

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