New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's ...

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 ...

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

Earth is still collecting scars from space, and scientists are only now learning to read them properly. Newly mapped impact ...

A chunk of rock that blasted off Mars and crash-landed on Earth is turning out to be one of the richest archives of ancient Martian water ever found. New scans of the famous “Black Beauty” meteorite ...

After reading Alex Wilkins’s article on the mystery of the missing meteorite, I asked Google’s AI assistant whether you can make a pigment for painting rocks using iron meteorites, and whether iron ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...

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 ...

Regretfully, I must strongly assert that there is no giant “iron of God” meteorite. If ever there had been, there would be widespread legends about it, artefacts made from it and religious rituals or ...

Companies operating in Egypt continue to make oil and gas discoveries and drill new wells at the start of the year, further boosting hydrocarbon production as the North African country looks to reduce ...