Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet ...

The 550-million-year-old Quaestio simpsonorum is the first fossil to show a definitive left-right asymmetry, an important ...

A vast, ancient slab of seafloor plunged beneath the Pacific Ocean and has hovered in Earth’s mantle for more than 120 ...

Early in Earth's history, bombardment by enormous asteroids was common. High-density material in the mantle may be remains of ...

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Ice on ancient asteroids like Ryugu may have been crucial in kickstarting life on Earth. Researchers from Imperial and ...

Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving ...

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from larger bodies called "planetesimals" in ...

Science News // 2 days ago NASA says comet expected to put on show in Earth fly-by Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A comet just discovered last year by observers will whizz past Earth from 44 million miles away ...

In this week's Degrees of Science we are talking about the temporary Mini-Moon that will orbit Earth for the next couple of ...

NASA scientists calculated that Earth should have captured a "second ... community@space.com. Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World ...

Earth tends to pull asteroids into partial or full orbits around it regularly before they are flung back out into space. Artist’s impression of asteroid in space (NASA/JPL-Caltech) For instance ...