South Islanders saw a fireball break through the atmosphere near Wānaka overnight with a loud sonic boom, the cause of which was a falling meteorite.

Fireballs Aotearoa, a group interested in meteorites, said a sonic boom was widely reported as the object came in overhead. Although most of its mass burned up in the fireball stage, it was believed a ...

Researchers from Bern have recovered a freshly fallen meteorite in Oman. It is the second such find in which the Natural ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...

Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.

The search for water on the Moon has captivated scientists for decades. Beyond its implications for understanding planetary ...

Meteorite Contains Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars 742 Million Years Ago Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space.

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...