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

There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but ...

It was Kelly’s father, who lives nearby, who prompted the couple to dredge up some samples for further inspection. Using a vacuum and magnet — which can attract the metals found in meteorites ...

including the splat sound the meteorite made when it hit the walkway. Velaidum, who was curious about the origins of the dark gray powder near his walkway, collected some samples of the remnants ...

Scientists used to believe that when a massive impact created the Moon, it also delivered a lot of water to Earth. However, ...

his partner suggested the strange item could have been a meteorite, a suspicion that was confirmed by the University of Alberta after Velaidum sent them samples. Chris Herd, the meteorite ...

"From a science perspective, it's new." About 95 grams of meteorite bits were gathered from the site, and Herd received around seven grams of samples to study back at the university. Analysis ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ingredients essential to life, such as water, phosphate, and ammonia. Together, ...