Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

What can dust grains that were returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu teach scientists about the early solar system? This ...

Resaerchers have found that the vast majority of meteorites pummelling the Earth's atmosphere come from only three different ...

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...

Scientists have found where most meteorites comes from. One of them, known as the Massalia family, is responsible for 37 per ...

Scientists know that the vast majority of meteorites that come crashing down to Earth originate from the solar system's main asteroid belt: a region between Mars and Jupiter where irregularly ...

Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two new studies report, including a particularly cataclysmic impact event ...

NASA has released a new edition of Issue 4 of the Astrobiology Graphic History series. The issue now includes NASA's Europa ...

The UAE further solidified its commitment to space exploration at the UN General Assembly by showcasing initiatives like the ...

formed through collisions in the main asteroid belt, specifically 5.8 million years ago, 7.5 million years ago, and 40 million years ago. That may seem like a long time ago to our feeble human ...

Most of the meteorites that land on Earth today can be traced back to just three recent collisions out in the asteroid belt, according to a pair of recent studies. It’s hard to trace meteorites ...

These families were produced by three recent collisions that occurred in the main asteroid belt 5.8, 7.5, and about 40 million years ago. The team also revealed the sources of other types of ...