"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

Each day, roughly 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle toward Earth. While meteorites that fall into the ocean are lost […] The ...

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth.

For years, scientists have been puzzled about why Earth and Mars have fewer important elements like copper and zinc compared ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

Hunting for meteorites can be a high-octane race as private collectors and scientists go head-to-head, reveals a new book by ...

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...