Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

One of those investigations involved a distinctive deep dive into studying the interior of the moon.

The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...

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Earlier this month, the lunar lander — coming in at 8.2 feet (2.5 meters) wide and 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) in height — entered lunar orbit.

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive ...

The Chang'e 6 mission launched in early May 2024, landed in the vast South Pole-Aitken (SPA), and returned to Earth with 4 ...

Meteoritics is the study of meteorites — solid parts of asteroids or comets that have landed on another celestial body, notably (but not limited to) the Earth. Measuring the composition of ...