Four and a half billion years ago Jupiter rapidly grew to its massive size. Its powerful gravitational pull disrupted the…
As researchers delve into the cosmos, organic molecules—the building blocks of life—emerge as a recurring theme, hinting at answers to…
Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the…
Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth.…
An international team of 45 researchers studying meteor showers has found that not all comets crumble the same way when…
Geoscientists from the University of Cologne have led an international study to determine the origin of the huge piece of…
Sound waves thought to be from a 2014 meteor fireball north of Papua New Guinea were almost certainly vibrations from…
Ryugu is a near-Earth asteroid that gained significant attention when the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission collected samples and returned them to…
Analysis of organic compounds -- calledpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) -- extracted from the Ryugu asteroid and Murchison meteorite has foundthat…
In southern Germany just north of the Danube, there lies a large circular depression between the hilly surroundings: the Nördlinger…