An international team of researchers, including members from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP, Université ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

Meteorites are primarily stony chondrites, but also include iron-rich achondrites and pallasites. Studying meteors provides ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of ...

Tonight, a total lunar eclipse is coming to Earth for the first time since 2022. On the night of March 13-14, 2025, North America and South America will get a great view of all phases of what is ...

On the night of March 13 and early into March 14, stargazers in North America and South America will have a front row seat to a total lunar eclipse. The event, the first of its kind in nearly ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit and spin ...

Pupils from Lincoln Gardens Primary School in Scunthorpe got their hands on samples of meteorites - including a lunar meteorite - during a series of out of this world science lessons last week.

Pupils from Lincoln Gardens Primary School in Scunthorpe got their hands on samples of meteorites - including a lunar meteorite - during a series of out of this world science lessons last week.