Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

Morocco has reported most finds in the last 20 years, and about half of all scientific publications involving meteorites are ...

On a scorching summer afternoon at Grootfontein, Namibia, a curious paradox greets every visitor to the Hoba meteorite.

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

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

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent years combing Jezero Crater for traces of ancient water and potential biosignatures, but ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

A metallic, turtle shaped boulder sitting upright in the dusty floor of Jezero Crater has abruptly become the most talked ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars, identifying a peculiar rock that may be an iron-nickel meteorite. This intriguing find not only highlights the capabilities of ...

Asteroid: A chunk of rock left over from collisions in the early solar system. Comet: A ball of ice, rock, methane, and other compounds. Meteoroid: A piece of rock which burns up in the atmosphere.

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 ...

On Sunday November 2, people in eastern Victoria witnessed a bright streak across the sky followed by a loud sonic boom that felt like an earthquake. The event was captured by security cameras and ...