Meteorite hunting is a side quest for Perseverance, whose primary job is to search for signs of ancient life in Jezero and ...

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.' ...

NASA scientists made an unexpected discovery on Mars—a strange shaped rock given the name “Phippsaksla” that may not have originated on the red planet at all. While surveying bedrock at a site called ...

Analysis of the rock revealed it has a high concentration of iron and nickel, which is unusual in Martian rocks.

NASA's Perseverance rover discovers shiny metallic rock on Mars that could be a meteorite from an ancient asteroid, containing high levels of iron and nickel.

Mars is full of surprises, but this one had scientists leaning closer to their multi-monitor arrays: a rock, about 31 inches across, sitting alone in a field of fractured bedrock in a region called ...

Scientists have discovered living microbes producing methane in the fractured rocks deep inside Sweden's Siljan impact crater ...

When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth.

Heather Handley works for Museums Victoria Research Institute. She is affiliated with Monash University. Dermot Henry receives funding from Australian Research Council. Oskar Lindenmayer is affiliated ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Man Finds Tape is a lot of things at once, but at its core it’s being presented as a fully edited documentary made ...

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive fireball ...

Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...