Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

Mysterious driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves hints at the legacy of Arizona’s huge impact crater.

A close-up view of a portion of a "relatively fresh" crater, looking southeast, as photographed during the third Apollo 15 lunar surface ...

The huge 1,600-mile (2,500-kilometer) wide expanse of the South Pole–Aitken Basin extends considerably onto the far side of ...

The city’s architecture travels through time and continents, incorporating everything from slabs of the Italian Alps to meteorites that hit southern Africa 2bn years ago ...

Peter Aleshire’s article about Meteor Crater, published in the Jan. 16 Independent, combined in my mind with an article I wrote that was published on Nov. 22, 2024 about the ...

A man out hunting for gold in an Australian park picked up what he thought was a promising nugget, only to discover years ...

Of quartz she's this adorable in real life!

We already know that Oregon has some of the darkest skies in the country, so perhaps it’s no surprise that our state is also ...

Amidst a cache of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects might be the most ...

A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered a major share of Earth's water. A new study by Universities Space Research ...

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...