Europe’s Hera spacecraft has distinguished its two target asteroids for the first time as it approaches the site of ...

Solar wind asteroid organic chemistry research published in JGR Planets confirms that He+ ion bombardment selectively ...

In 1920, on a farm called Hoba West in northern Namibia, Jacobus Hermanus Brits was working a field behind an ox when his ...

A meteorite found in the Sahara Desert has given scientists an unusually old sample of Mars, preserving clues to a time when ...

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft for planetary defense has resolved its two target asteroids separately for the first time, revealing the binary nature of the Didymos system, currently some ...

From the streets of Nördlingen in southern Germany, it looks like an ordinary medieval town. There are narrow lanes, historic ...

A meteorite found in the Sahara is a rare piece of Mars’ ancient crust.

It's older than almost all surviving Earth rocks, researchers say.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A meteorite found in 2022 in the Sahara in Mali formed in the Martian crust at least 4.1 billion years ago, according to scientists, making the reddish ...

In 2022 a group of nomadic meteorite hunters discovered a strange stone in the Sahara Desert. Called Teghaza 001, initial analysis by experts showed it was a meteorite from Mars. Now new research ...

Martian meteorites provide a record of the planet’s geological history. However, most are geologically young samples that are ...

Saturn is already visible as darkness falls; some challenging transits of its moons occur this month. Neptune is a binocular object close to Saturn, while Uranus is an easy target in Taurus. A Full ...