That’s going to leave a dent.

A meteorite that fell in Germany in 1724 contains a form of silica that conducts heat in a stable manner and baffles physicists.

Scientists uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil—a rare type of natural glass forged in the aftermath of meteorite ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another in Brazil.

Some of the small glass blobs originating with a mysterious ancient impact. (Crósta et al., Geology, 2025) Hundreds of glass ...

Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing prospects for asteroid biomining and sustainable resource use. As humans look ...

After decades of debates over the existence and properties of one of the world’s ...

Understanding the make-up of asteroids also matters for the future of exploration: some asteroids may contain metals, minerals, and even water – potentially useful resources. But how can we tell what ...

A new study has provided compelling evidence that life from Mars could have arrived on Earth by hitching a ride on debris ejected during asteroid impacts. The research, led by scientists at Johns ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Everyone knows Yuri Gagarin as the first person to go to space. But was he? Literary historian Vladimir Brljak tells the tale of the intrepid balloonists who first flew beyond the blue terrestrial sky ...