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Scientists are digging deep into meteorites to uncover the hidden chemistry of asteroids, and the findings could push space mining closer to reality. A new study has identified carbon-rich asteroids ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space exploration—or even be mined for valuable resources. By analyzing rare meteorites ...

The Mars Perseverance rover has been investigating the Jezero Crater and came across something that is not native to Mars at all. It is a meteorite that collided with the red planet. Though various ...

Seven tiny grains of dust from China’s Chang’e-6 Moon mission have revealed traces of an unusually fragile, CI chondrite meteorite in lunar soil. It is the first confirmed time that this specific ...