Meteorite That Crashed Into New Jersey Home Contains Rare Ingredients of Life
Two years ago, a meteorite plummeted through Earth’s atmosphere and crashed into a New Jersey home. Now, analysis…
Mars Organic Geochemistry-Are We Alone, and Where Did We Come From?
As NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit began collecting images for a 360-degree panorama of new terrain, the rover…
Mars Mission: A Stress Test For The Search For Life
The Murchison meteorite fell in Australia in 1969, breaking into numerous fragments. It belongs to the carbonaceous chondrite…
Rare meteorite proves our solar system almost had an extra planet
A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert proves that our solar system almost had at least one…
Footage shows ‘fireball’ meteor lighting up skies across NSW overnight
A suspected meteor was spotted over parts of New South Wales last night. Streaks ranging from blue to…
Mercury’s Sulfur-Rich Magma May Rewrite How Solar System’s Innermost Planet Formed
New research from Rice University suggests sulfur keeps Mercury’s interior molten at lower temperatures, offering new clues to…
Houston homeowner gets attention after possible meteorite crash
HOUSTON – A Houston woman says a rock from space may have crashed straight through her home, leaving…
Researchers create pure hexagonal diamonds that are harder than natural diamonds
Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be…
Fungi on International Space Station Show Surprising Metal Extraction Skills
As human space exploration pushes farther from Earth, the need for sustainable ways to obtain local resources is…
Smashed windscreen in remote SA unlikely caused by meteorite, museum says
The South Australian Museum says it is confident that damage to a car travelling on the Augusta Highway…
Desert Fireball Network students find fist-sized meteorite in outback WA
Students from Curtin University’s Desert Fireball Network have found a fist-sized meteorite in a remote part of Western…
In a first, NASA’s Perseverance finds an exotic rock on Mars
NASA’s official logo (Image source: NASA) NASA’s Perseverance rover found an unusually shaped rock called “Phippsaksla” on top…