Scientists Discovered a New Type of Rock Made Out of a Gemstone Mineral Inside a Martian Meteorite
Garnet is a group of minerals that commonly occur on Earth. Pictured here, andradite garnet crystals from Madagascar.…
Amateur Astronomer Discovers Ancient Meteorite Impact Using Google Maps
Joël Lapointe was casually browsing Google Maps, planning hiking routes for an upcoming camping trip, when he stumbled…
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…
Perseverance Finds Complex Organic Matter on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered the most extensive evidence yet of complex organic molecules on Mars, detecting macromolecular…
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 Found In Sahara Proves A Mars-Sized Lost Planet Once Orbited Our Sun
Our Solar System may once have contained an additional world that has since disappeared. Scientists believe this lost…
Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of Colossal Asteroid Strike
Planetary scientists analyzing a lunar meteorite known as Northwest Africa (NWA) 12593 have uncovered evidence of an asteroid…
Meteorite Found in Africa Preserves Evidence of Long-Lost Massive Protoplanet
The Northwest Africa (NWA) 12774, an angrite meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert, likely in Mauritania, appears to…
Analysing The Sample Preparation Process In Meteorites And Its Impact On The Pretreatment Of Returned Samples To Earth
Raman image of MoDTC from the MIL 090136 Martian meteorite (in blue). — Science Direct The study of…
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…
‘Pinprick of light’: Artemis crew witnesses meteorite impacts on moon
The phenomenon is “something that we have not witnessed often,” the mission’s back-up astronaut Jenni Gibbons told AFP.…