To determine if a meteorite is from Mars, scientists typically analyze the gases trapped within the rock. These gases provide a “fingerprint” that matches the Martian atmosphere. This new ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled.

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

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

A once-in-a-lifetime experience; nowhere else in Europe can visitors touch a fragment of the Moon, snap a selfie holding a ...

This is particularly puzzling, as a vast majority of meteorites can be traced to some well-known parent body—whether that be ...