Scientists have traced the origins of the Lafayette Meteorite back to Mars, dating its water-altered minerals to 742 million ...

The study identified when water interacted with the meteorite and established that the dating was unaffected by events after ...

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of ...

"We can identify meteorites by studying what minerals are present in them and the relationships between these minerals inside ...

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Around 3.26 billion years ago, one period packed with celestial events saw the planet bombarded by meteorites. The “S2” meteorite was massive, to say the least, and it continues to divulge secrets ...

A team of international researchers has discovered that the vast majority of the asteroids that collide with Earth come from just three families of asteroids, which can all be traced back to a ...

The meteorite, designated S2, is about 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing impactor named Chicxulub. S2 hit Earth when only simple, single-celled life existed on our planet — and the ...

Above these sheets were thick layers of spherules—solidified droplets of molten rock that form after meteorite impacts—which rained down in the wake of several impact events at the time.

ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) — Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago ...

Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities announced Thursday.