In the ever-growing concern about asteroid collisions with Earth, a new study published in Nature Communications offers a ...

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...

Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact ...

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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 ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space exploration—or even be mined for valuable resources. By analyzing rare meteorites ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have discovered that the target asteroid of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

"This is a story about the moon as told by asteroid scientists." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earth's distant rocky companion ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...