Scientists recently identified the oldest material on Earth: stardust that's 7 billion years old, tucked away in a massive, rocky meteorite that struck our planet half a century ago. Some of these ...

As more and more satellite megaconstellations continue to be launched into Earth orbit, some researchers are beginning to ...

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...

The Lida Historical and Art Museum holds a large piece of the famous meteorite, weighing more than 2,794 grams. The museum ...

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

Amino acids from asteroid Bennu suggest that some of life’s building blocks formed in icy conditions in the early solar system.

Penn State researchers think a key ingredient for life may have formed in deep freeze, not in a warm asteroid puddle. A space sample with a new twistScientists at Penn State; led by geoscientist ...

Elon Musk told employees at xAI that the company needed a factory on the moon to build AI satellites and a massive catapult ...

Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their ...

Cosmic dust normally comes from dying stars. The recipe for a lab-made version includes a few gases, vacuum tubes and ...

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

The Allende meteorite, which fell in 1969, has provided groundbreaking insights into the formation of the solar system and ...