For the first time, researchers in China have synthetically produced a nearly pure hexagonal diamond, marking a significant ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

Learn about the new perspective on Earth's reduction of moderately volatile elements, a discovery made possible by meteorites ...

Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

A University of Washington team looked at very old samples of these small meteorites to show that the grains could have reacted with carbon dioxide on their journey to Earth. Previous work suggested ...

A new study reveals that these missing pieces may not have been absent from the start but were instead lost during violent ...

A Canadian man narrowly avoided being struck by a meteorite that crashed onto his front porch in Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island. The meteorite, dubbed the Charlottetown Meteorite ...

One of the oldest known remnants of the pre-Earth solar system, this meteorite played a pivotal role in confirming the presence of carbon molecules elsewhere in the universe. Explore this timeline ...

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

The ultimate material, a composite of real iron meteorite and carbon steel, is known as non-stainless meteorite Damascus — and the overall “Mosaic Crossed Damascus Pattern” is stunning. In that way, ...