Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a ...

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 ...

Lonar Lake, India's sole confirmed meteorite-impact crater, formed approximately 52,000 years ago when a meteorite struck basalt rock. This rare geological formation, measuring 1.8 km in diameter, ...

Meteorite-dial timepieces aren’t just aesthetically pleasing—they also contain the secrets to the origins of life.

If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be impossible to leave them behind, since they live on and in our bodies, surfaces and ...

Scientists have scanned a popular rock from Mars and they found something surprising. The meteorite, known as Black Beauty or ...

A lake born from the sky. That’s how Lonar Crater Lake is often described, and once you see it, the phrase makes sense. Hidden in Maharashtra’s Buldha.

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

A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered a major share of Earth's water. A new study by Universities Space Research ...

Linda Losurdo, a doctoral student at the University of Sydney, successfully simulated star-like conditions to produce cosmic dust using simple gases and electricity.

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the ...

A long-debated platinum spike in Greenland ice is best explained by volcanic activity rather than a cosmic impact, reshaping ideas about what triggered the Younger Dryas cooling. An unusual platinum ...