Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...

Earlier research held that meteorite impacts from the solar system's early days were a major source of Earth's water.

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The discovery not only ...

The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday was a meteor, according to NASA.So what is a meteorite? NASA says this: A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such ...

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Unusual isotopic ratio in samples brought back by Chang'e-6 reveals clues about the early history of Earth's satellite ...