"Supporting evidence includes the existence of associated dust bands, the cosmic-ray exposure ages of H chondrite meteorites, ...

Two new studies show that the majority of meteorites originate from just one family of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.

Our planet’s surface is littered with debris from the skies — and researchers have found that most come from only a few ...

In the year 2,000, a Chinese dealer purchased an unusual-looking rock weighing around a ton. He cleaned it off, removing 20 ...

Everything has a beginning, and a new study finds that the start of life on Earth arrived in the form of melted asteroids.

Over time, the meteorites that land on Earth will be able to tell the story of events happening 200 million miles away in ...

Research shows zinc from meteorites played a key role in delivering volatile elements that helped create life on Earth.

An iron meteorite from the core of a melted planetesimal (left) and a chondrite meteorite, derived from a ‘primitive’, ...

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from larger bodies called "planetesimals" in ...

A recent study suggests that without certain unmelted asteroids, Earth may not have had enough critical compounds for life to ...

An iron meteorite from the core of a melted planetesimal (left) and a chondrite meteorite, derived from a ‘primitive’, unmelted planetesimal (right).

Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements ...