“Hidden Flux” of Material May Help Explain Earth’s Origins
Scientists at MIT have discovered a “hidden flux” of material deep in the Earth’s mantle that would make the planet’s overall composition more similar to…
Scientists at MIT have discovered a “hidden flux” of material deep in the Earth’s mantle that would make the planet’s overall composition more similar to…
A scientist from the University of Chicago may have discovered the solution to a 135-year-old meteorite mystery, revealing that chondrules may have formed from high-pressure…
A newly published study details the discovery of a high concentration of boron in a Martian meteorite that far exceeds that of any previously reported…
NASA’s lunar monitoring program detected a bright impact on the Moon when a meteoroid hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium. The resulting flash was…
Using NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, astronomers observed meteors colliding with Saturn’s rings. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids breaking into…
In a newly published study, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis report finding tiny grains of silica, which they believe came from a core-collapse…
New research has unveiled an unexpected link between Vesta and the moon and has helped scientists better understand the event known as the “Lunar Cataclysm.”…
A newly published study details the test results of a 1.7-gram fragment of a Martian meteorite known as Nakhla, showing the first evidence of water…
Researchers discovered a new class of Martian meteorite in the Sahara Desert that contains 10 times more water than other Martian meteorites from unknown origins,…
The Sutter’s Mill meteorite was seen by many eyewitnesses over the foothills of the Sierra Nevada range in California. A new, detailed study has traced…
Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science are focusing on an old type of meteorite called diogenites to gain a better understanding of the earliest…
A new study from scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science contradicts prevailing theories about the relationship between in carbonaceous chondrites and comets, finding that…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute believe that they now know where the methane on Mars is originating from. In their published work, the scientists…
Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science discovered that a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite, which is believed to be from Mars, contains reduced carbon molecules. While…
Star gazing fans will get to enjoy the peek display of the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower from Halley’s Comet on the night of May…
While analyzing samples from carbon-rich meteorites with minerals that indicated they had experienced high temperatures, scientists found amino acids, which gives support to the theory…
An asteroid about the size of a bus shaved by Earth in what’s been described as a near miss. However, experts weren’t concerned that it…