As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s predawn skies on Wednesday.

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are brought back.

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

An international team of researchers may have answered one of space science's long-running questions—and it could change our ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

It has long been suspected that carbonaceous materials are too weak to survive the fiery plunge through the atmosphere. But ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

An Oxford study suggests Earth’s water may be native, challenging the idea that asteroids brought water to Earth after the ...