Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, simulations show.

The rock, discovered by NASA’s Perseverance rover, has colorful leopard-like spots, suggesting chemical reactions possibly caused by microbial organisms. “Layering, nodules, reaction fronts ...

A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New ...

Scientists have, for the first time, pinned down exactly when microbes colonized a meteorite impact crater. The team shows ...

Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...

As with many big space stories, 3I/ATLAS is getting a fair share of attention as well as some more controversial theories ...

For the last 20 years geologists have debated what caused the hole in the earth which is under the North Sea, off the East ...

The Sordid Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite Smuggled into China M illennia ago a piece of the sky fell toward East Africa, ...

Forty-three million years ago, a 160-meter-diameter asteroid hit the area now occupied by the North Sea, releasing a 30-story ...

Evidence mounting that 13,000 years ago, a comet exploded over the Earth with devastating consequences. Now there is strong ...

India’s only saltwater lake formed by a meteorite. Explore its cosmic origins, myths, temples, wildlife, and travel tips.

A Geological Mystery Unraveled For decades, scientists have disagreed on the origin of the Silverpit crater. This massive, two-mile-wide structure lies 700 meters beneath the North Sea's surface. The ...