Learn about a rare meteorite that may have separated from a protoplanet around the size of the Moon 4.5 billion years ago.

In a groundbreaking discovery, a 2.35-billion-year-old lunar meteorite found in Africa in 2023 has unveiled fresh insights into the moon’s volcanic history. This meteorite, with a unique chemical ...

A study challenges the lunar origin of the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa and points to a different and surprising origin.

A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our understanding of the moon's volcanic history. Presented at the Goldschmidt ...

China's Tianwen-2 sample-return mission is well on its way to its target, an asteroid called Kamo'oalewa. The spacecraft left ...

An "exceptionally rare" fragment of the moon, fashioned into a sphere by one of the world's leading experts in the field, is to be sold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of a fragment of Ksar Ghilane 022, a meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 which authors of a new study suspect ...

Image of the Northest Africa 16286 sample obtained using a scanning electron microscope. These are what’s referred to as “backscattered electron images”, and the different shades of grey highlight ...