A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.

A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...

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.

A new study analyzes three asteroid and two meteorite samples to see if space rocks smacking into Earth could’ve helped ...

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According to Space.com and Cornell University, NASA astronauts conducted a microbe-based meteorite mining experiment aboard the International Space Station to study mineral extraction in microgravity.

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 ...

In a new paper, an international team of researchers revisited the idea of blowing up an incoming asteroid with a nuclear ...

This is an edition of the newsletter Box + Papers, Cam Wolf’s weekly deep dive into the world of watches. It’s currently being manned by Jeremy Freed, watch writer extraordinaire, while Cam is on ...

How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Lonar Lake, India's sole confirmed meteorite-impact crater, formed approximately 52,000 years ago when a meteorite struck ...

How can microbes be used to help enhance human space exploration, specifically on the Moon and Mars? This is what a recent study published in npj Micrograv | Space ...