Scientists have discovered a material similar to gum or even plastic in the samples returned from asteroid Bennu. The ...

Bennu is a primitive rock. It has remained mostly unchanged since the birth of our solar system around 4.6 billion years ago. On September 24, 2023, dust and mineral samples were hauled to Earth by ...

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...

Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

When a meteor flashes across the night sky, it’s more than a beautiful streak of light. It’s a delivery from deep space—an ...

Man’s “gold nugget” find in Australia turns out to be a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite, offering rare clues to the early ...

Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric ...

It literally stood out,” NASA scientists said, describing the moment that cameras on Perseverance focused on a single, ...

In a first for the Perseverance rover, it appears to have found an iron-nickel meteorite near the Jezero Crater.

Discover the fascinating history of Guffey, Colorado, from its volcanic origins to its mining and ranching past, and the ...