The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.
Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...
When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...
The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...
The meteorite has been named the "Charlottetown Meteorite" and was found to be made of iron, magnesium, silicon and oxygen. The fragments are now a part of the University of Alberta Meteorite ...
The footage is believed to be a first. While cameras have captured meteors streaking through the sky, it's rare to capture the sound of a complete meteorite strike on video. The space rock, officially ...
She has since found 11 more sites, running from Nogales up to the Gila River. Seymour said it constitutes 150 miles of a trail taken by the Spanish explorers, one that, until now, had been overlooked.
According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteorite Have you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like? Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura ...
Whenever a meteorite is found, it's safe to assume that at some point in the past — whether minutes ago or millennia — it was preceded by a bright flash of light in the sky. However, there were no ...
A Ring camera captured the sound of a meteorite crash-landing near a house in Prince Edward Island, Canada, marking the first time this interstellar noise had been recorded alongside video footage.