When the solar system formed, a disk of gas and dust orbited the young sun. Over the course of millions of years, the dust ...

Researchers discovered that life leaves behind unique statistical patterns in molecules, potentially offering a new way to ...

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Kuljeet Kaur Marhas has made history by becoming the first Indian woman elected Fellow of The Meteoritical Society, one of the world’s most prestigiou.

Manganese dioxide can convert amino acids into hydrogen cyanide (HCN) without requiring methane, solving a long-standing puzzle about the origin of this key prebiotic molecule on early Earth, as ...

As temperatures begin to rise, flowers begin to bloom, people flock to the great outdoors...and snakes start to emerge. Snakes are an important part of our ecosystem, regardless of how you feel about ...

After identifying an early meteorite, Oscar Monnig accumulated one of the largest collections in the country. Today, Monnig is the namesake of TCU’s Monnig Meteorite Gallery. In a recent Texas ...

This composite image shows the 2019 Geminid meteors and a meteorite-dropping fireball captured by a camera on La Palma Island, Spain. Credit: Global Meteor Network. A meteor cluster reveals an ...

The Lyrids appear to radiate from the constellation Lyra, which rises in the northeast and climbs higher in the sky toward the early morning hours. (Yes, sorry, this shower favors ...

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines a very different kind of solar system that could harbor life-forms we haven ...

The IBeA group of the EHU-University of the Basque Country is proposing new measures to safeguard the purity of extraterrestrial samples. Several contaminants, including traces of ink, originating in ...

In this exciting video, we reveal the secrets of Iron Meteorites and show you how to identify them using simple at-home tests! We'll demonstrate the magnet test, heat test, and nickel acid reaction, ...