Dust returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission reveals rare, water-rich CI chondrite meteorite fragments—found on the Moon for ...

THOUSANDS of meteorites crash land on Earth every year but the vast majority of them go unnoticed. Most either drop in remote ...

A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high ...

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi's cultural strategy shows a destination treating curiosity as its most ...

Recent research suggests that small, carbon-rich asteroids could be invaluable economic and scientific resources, offering ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

Scientists are decoding fragile meteorites to uncover which small asteroids could become future treasure troves for space ...

A new study published in Planet reveals a Micro-XRD method to quantitatively measure the ancient collision histories of meteorites. Researchers from ...

The Moon has no real atmosphere, but Earth has, in a sense, been generously trying to share its own for billions of years.

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite collection we care for to understand the history of Earth and our solar ...