A new study reveals that these missing pieces may not have been absent from the start but were instead lost during violent ...

Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new study reveals a surprising ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

Meteorites are the pieces of asteroids and other natural ... Any differences from the CI chondrite composition would have ...

A meteorite hurtling at over 125 mph (201.17 km/h) narrowly avoided striking a Canadian homeowner, creating an extraordinary scene captured on video. The event, which took place in Charlottetown, ...

The space rock, dubbed the Charlottetown Meteorite, is an "ordinary" chondrite, a stony meteorite containing small mineral granules, with features that help explain why it broke apart as it hit ...

Joe Velaidum of Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island narrowly avoided a collision with an incoming meteorite at his home in July.

It’s classified as an “ordinary chondrite” — dubbed “ordinary” because they are common as far as meteorites go. But its origin is no less fascinating: “We’re quite certain in the scientific community ...