Joe Velaidum and his partner, Laura Kelly, set out to walk their dog when their doorbell camera captured a meteorite striking ...

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

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

The meteorite is one of only 69 known to have ... Chris Herd, the curator of the university's collection, looked at photos of the debris. Usually the reports he receives are invalid, he said ...

— 'Rare daylight fireball' meteor over NYC created loud boom near Statue of Liberty ...

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...

Herd discovered that the sample was chondrite, the most common type of space rock that strikes Earth, and that it likely originated from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The footage is ...

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life, but also the salty remains of an ...

This is the first time the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth has been recorded, the University of Alberta said.

A meteorite crash-landed on his home’s walkway. Hoping to confirm what he saw on his camera, Velaidum sent his home security ...