Brazilian scientists have discovered glassy fragments, known as tektites, revealing evidence of a massive extraterrestrial impact event that occurred 6.3 million years ago.

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RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Museum of Geology at South Dakota Mines hosted its spring Rock and Fossil ID Day Saturday. Visitors ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has assembled a string of chemical evidence from ancient Martian rocks that, taken together, builds ...

A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red ...

Using microorganisms to mine meteorites could be an effective way to extract precious metals in space, scientists say. This ...

New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's inevitable that planetary scientists will get their hands on it to test it ...

Moscow — Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday. The huge specimen ...

Remember the famous meteorite NWA 7034, a.k.a Black Beauty found in Northwest Africa? Researchers using neutron scanning technology have discovered a hidden reservoir of ancient water locked inside ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered some of the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars, and scientists say ordinary geology may not fully explain them.