Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after ...

On a scorching summer afternoon at Grootfontein, Namibia, a curious paradox greets every visitor to the Hoba meteorite.Here lies the largest known intact meteorite on Earth, an 80 tonne iron mass ...

A specially trained algorithm could aid the search for biological activity both on the early Earth and on other worlds.

We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start ...

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

Apollo samples provide evidence: Researchers analyzed Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo missions and, for the first time, ...

Maryborough Meteorite: David Hole was searching for gold in Australia when he discovered a 17-kilogram meteorite, estimated ...

Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...

Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) launched the Visionary Initiatives（VIs） - a cross-disciplinary, integrated ...

Combining analytical chemistry with machine learning doubled the age of ancient rocks that can be examined for signs of ...

New images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS suggest ice volcano eruptions as scientists study its ancient chemistry and debate ...