There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another in Brazil.

He thought he’d struck gold in Victoria’s historic fields. Instead, a stubborn, unbreakable rock that defied saws, acid, and a sledgehammer hid a secret billions of years in the making.

That's because a fragment of it landed in the family driveway, where the Wilcocks saw it in the morning. They described it as if someone had thrown a piece of coal at the ground. It actually made a ...

From deep blue accents to bold animal-patterned prints peeking out from beneath the case, these watches are daring in design.

Using microorganisms to mine meteorites could be an effective way to extract precious metals in space, scientists say. This ...

Space around the Sun contains far more than planets. Scattered through it are smaller bodies made of rock, metal, ice and dust. These objects move on .

Scientists are digging deep into meteorites to uncover the hidden chemistry of asteroids, and the findings could push space mining closer to reality. A new study has identified carbon-rich asteroids ...

Scientists are decoding fragile meteorites to uncover which small asteroids could become future treasure troves for space exploration. Credit: Shutterstock A team led by ICE-CSIC examined meteorites ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbour valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

Analysis of C type asteroid samples supports use as sources of metals and primordial material and helps target missions and resource technology. (Nanowerk News) Much remains to be known about the ...

We found seven olivine-bearing fragments in lunar samples returned by the Chang’e-6 mission from a huge, ancient (pre-Nectarian) basin on the far-side of the Moon. We identified these uncommon clasts ...

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...