When you look up at the night sky, you might wonder about the celestial objects that streak through space,comets, asteroids, ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...

Most meteorites, however, originate from the solar system's main asteroid belt —a vast region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where more than a million asteroids circle the sun.

The Fukang Meteorite stands as one of the most exceptional and highly valued meteorites ever discovered, boasting both a ...

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

Models predict that most meteorites – over half – should also be carbonaceous. But less than 4% of all the meteorites found on Earth are carbonaceous. So why is there such a mismatch?

Hit-and-run collisions between embryonic planets during a critical period in the early history of the Solar System may account for some previously unexplained properties of planets, asteroids, and ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

But here’s the mystery: although carbon-rich asteroids are common in space, meteorites from them are very rare. Less than 4% of recovered meteorites are carbonaceous chondrites.

Most meteorites originate from the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter where over a million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer circle the Sun. Those rocks originate from a small number ...

Hit-and-run collisions between embryonic planets during a critical period in the early history of the Solar System may account for some previously unexplained properties of planets, asteroids, and ...