This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

Meteorite-dial timepieces aren’t just aesthetically pleasing—they also contain the secrets to the origins of life.

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

New research suggests Earth’s water came from sources other than meteorites, challenging long-standing theories on planetary ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...

Earlier research held that meteorite impacts from the solar system's early days were a major source of Earth's water.

Earth is often described as a water world, but how that water arrived has never been settled. For years, the focus has rested ...

For many years, planetary scientists have believed that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history (OK, the time ...

How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming? This is what a recent study publish | Space ...