A rare iron meteorite has been found in the Sahara Desert, providing scientists a unique glimpse into the cores of ancient ...

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

A meteorite that recently gave one Georgia resident quite a shock when it crashed through his roof spent an awful long time making a cosmic journey that ended in a living room. Multiple fragments of ...

The study of Martian geology and meteorites has transformed our understanding of the Red Planet’s evolution and its geodynamic processes. Recent investigations have revealed a complex interior ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

Earlier research held that meteorite impacts from the solar system's early days were a major source of Earth's water.

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The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday was a meteor, according to NASA.So what is a meteorite? NASA says this: A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such ...