MIT researchers have found pyrene, a complex carbon molecule, in a distant interstellar cloud similar to the one that formed ...

Earth is constantly getting pummeled by meteorites. We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before ...

Billions of years ago, when life as we know it was still in its earliest stages, Earth endured a period of intense meteorite ...

Zinc in meteorites reveals Earth's essential volatiles came from unmelted asteroids, crucial for life. This insight may guide ...

The source of Earth's water is an enduring mystery that extends to exoplanets and the notion of habitability. In broad terms, ...

The discovery of pyrene derivatives in a distant interstellar cloud may help to reveal how our own solar system formed.

Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

An international team of researchers has demonstrated that 70% of all known meteorite collisions with Earth have come from ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Almost everyone knows about HIV. Fewer people know about its relative, HTLV-1. However, HTLV-1 can cause serious illnesses, including cancer. To develop ways to combat this virus ...

Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the ...

Researchers found that unmelted primitive asteroids contributed significantly to Earth's volatile elements, including zinc.