Scientists recently identified the oldest material on Earth: stardust that's 7 billion years old, tucked away in a massive, rocky meteorite that struck our planet half a century ago. Some of these ...

Life ‘may have thrived’ after giant meteorite hit Earth – research - Experts suggest the conditions caused by the impact of the S2 meteorite 3.26 billion years ago may have caused certain ...

The meteorite was a type called a carbonaceous chondrite that is rich in carbon and also contains phosphorus. Its diameter was approximately 23-36 miles (37-58 km), Drabon said, making it about 50 ...

It is based on three specimens of a rare type of meteorite — thought to come from comets — found in France in 1806 and 1864 and Tanzania in 1938.

One of the biggest strikes came around 3.26 billion years ago, when a meteorite the size of four Mount Everests — 200 times bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs — crashed into the planet.

But Earth was young and a very different place when the S2 meteorite, estimated to have 50 to 200 times more mass than the dinosaur extinction-triggering Chicxulub asteroid, collided with the planet 3 ...

A 4 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that caused a splash here on Earth decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martian life after all, scientists reported Thursday.

Alien Life Discovered in a Meteorite! Or Maybe Not 5 minute read Michael D. Lemonick March 7, 2011 12:00 AM EST ...

Results from early chemical analyses of the Winchcombe meteorite and 200 Mars-borne meteors reveal water and ancient amino acids.

A 1.3-billion-year-old Martian meteorite provides new evidence that there could be life on Mars. A "cell-like" structure, found embedded in the Nakhla meteorite, once held water, researchers at ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A 4 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that caused a splash here on Earth decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martian life after all, scientists ...

A meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago, much larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, may have served as a "giant fertilizer bomb" for early life, providing crucial nutrients.