Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research ...

Scientists discover hydrogen in a rare meteorite, suggesting Earth had the ingredients to make water from the start.

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

Learn why carbon-containing meteorites appear to be less "shocked" than expected, missing the effects often seen in a ...

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

Some think clues could be embedded in a meteorite thought to be similar to our newborn planet, called an enstatite chondrite. These types of meteorites were formed in the inner solar system and ...

Photo / 123RF Some think clues could be embedded in a meteorite thought to be similar to our new-born planet, called an enstatite chondrite. These types of meteorites were formed in the inner ...

Scientists from the University of Oxford analyzed a rare type of meteorite known as an enstatite chondrite. The space rock dates to around 4.6 billion years ago and is believed to be similar in ...