Ancient Mars Meteorite From the Sahara Is Over 4 Billion Years Old
In 2022, meteorite hunters discovered scattered fragments of an unusual rock in the Sahara Desert in northern Mali.…
A Buried Oklahoma Crater Was Dated to the Wrong Era—and It Actually Lines Up With a Mass Extinction
In 1991, an oil company discovered a giant crater buried under Ames, Oklahoma. Subsequent investigations led researchers to…
Scientists Just Found All 5 Genetic “Letters” of DNA and RNA on an Asteroid
Ryugu sample in its return capsule. Credit: JAXA The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu strengthens the…
Ancient Meteorite Reveals a Forgotten Planet That Existed 4.5 Billion Years Ago
An ancient meteorite may be the last surviving remnant of a vanished protoplanet. Credit: Stock A rare meteorite…
Scientists Find Chunk of Lost Planet in Desert
The solar system as we know it today began to form roughly 4.6 billion years ago, with the…
Scientists Find Chunk of Lost Planet in Desert
The solar system as we know it today began to form roughly 4.6 billion years ago, with the…
A Giant ‘Planet Factory’ Beyond Jupiter May Have Churned out the Building Blocks of the Solar System
Scientists may have found one of the main sources of rocky material for the solar system, forming diverse…
Mysterious dust ring beyond Jupiter formed many of our Solar System’s earliest worlds
In the young Solar System, a dust trap beyond Jupiter may have built wildly different meteorite parent bodies…
Kuljeet Kaur Marhas becomes first Indian woman Fellow of Meteoritical Society
In a landmark moment for Indian planetary science, Kuljeet Kaur Marhas has become the first Indian woman to…
Inside 2026’s Massive Fireball Surge
Still from video captured by NWS Pittsburgh’s Jared Rackley via X. On a Saturday afternoon this past March,…
Astronomers Say Recent Rash of Meteor Sightings ‘Warrants Serious Investigation’
Astronomers are still searching for answers behind this year’s unusual wave of loud and fiery meteor sightings. Over…
The Meteor Hit, Then Came the Hunters
The space rock’s crash was loud, but what followed was quiet competition, reports the New York Times.…