meteorites

What gave birth to life on Earth? This study says Meteorites brought DNA to Earth! Check this shocking origin of life study. Everyone has always wondered once in their lifetime,…

<!-- -->It fits easily in the hand, weighing just over 300 grams (10.6 ounces).Paris, France: Scientists announced Tuesday they had found the crater from which the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted towards Earth, a…

NASA has recovered meteorite pieces from many areas. Those living in Mississippi have revealed how their houses were rattled, spreading panic. Almost over a week ago, a…

A fresh examination of meteorites that landed in the United States, Canada and Australia is bolstering the notion that early in Earth's history, such objects may have delivered chemical ingredients vital for the advent of life. Scientists…

People reported witnessing the falling objects from the sky in different parts of India. The instances were reported from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. It was quite an unusual…

Our Solar System is believed to have formed from a cloud of gas and dust, the so-called solar nebula, which began to condense on itself gravitationally ~ 4.6 billion years ago. As this cloud contracted, it began to spin and shaped itself…

What are asteroids made of? A sample returned to Earth reveals the Solar System's building blocks Just over 12 months ago, we were sitting at Woomera, in the Australian outback,…

Pieces of Mars and Moon are up for auction and the cryptocurrency enthusiasts are lapping them up at Christie's.    Thanks in large part to crypto-rich collectors, an…

Organic molecules found in a meteorite that hurtled to Earth from Mars were synthesized during interactions between water and rocks that occurred on the Red Planet about 4 billion years ago, according to new analysis led by Carnegie's…

Ever since scientists started looking at meteorites with microscopes, they've been puzzled -- and fascinated -- by what's inside. Most meteorites are made of tiny beads of glass that date back to the earliest days of the solar system,…