Despite their overall similarities, asteroids are usually pretty distinct from one another. Vesta has a very different spectroscopic profile than Psyche, for example. So it might come as no ...

The closest fit, according to the study, are CY and CI meteorites, which are known for having undergone both water-based and heat-based transformations at some point in their lifetime. However, some ...

“China’s military has too large of a presence in the western hemisphere,” Hegseth said. “Make no mistake, Beijing is ...

The Aguas Zarcas meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite, surprisingly orbited for 2 million years without collision, challenging the fragile "mudball" reputation.

In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, an international team of ...

There's a series of celestial events happening this month, so mark your calendars Getty Forget the rain — April has its own set of meteor showers lighting up the heavens! This month is often ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...

Stargazers might be able to catch a two-for-one celestial spectacle later this month. Both the Eta Aquarids and Lyrids meteor showers will be active at the same time, giving viewers in the ...

BEIJING: Chinese state media attacked Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison's plan to sell its ports near the Panama Canal to a BlackRock-led group in a social media post on Saturday (Mar 29) that ...

(WJAR) — A Brown University lab helped verify a meteorite that landed on a Pennsylvania resident’s ice cream container, university officials said. According to university officials, a ...