Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

A small asteroid spotted only hours before it struck the atmosphere has become a touchstone for how fragile, and how powerful, our planetary defense really is. The impact itself was harmless, but the ...

We might go full “Armageddon” on asteroid 2024 YR4. After mulling several different solutions, scientists have devised an unconventional method to stop the “city killer” space rock from hitting the ...

There is this saying that the more you know about something, the more likely you are to grow concerned about some aspect of it. The validity of this saying became painfully clear when reading this ...

This illustration provided by NASA in December 2025 depicts the aftermath of a collision between two massive space rocks orbiting the star Fomalhaut. (NASA, ESA, STScI, Ralf Crawford, Space Telescope ...

Hillwakers aiming to bag some of the most remote Munros in Scotland have been asked to look out for a bigger prize - meteorite fragments that landed in the Highlands this summer. The burning light of ...

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A man out hunting for gold in an Australian park picked up what he thought was a promising nugget, only to discover years later that he had been storing a relic from the birth of the Solar System. The ...

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