Scientists analyzed stardust from a meteorite that fell to Earth 50 years ago which revealed the 5 to 7 billion-year-old stardust to be the oldest solid material on Earth. This dust was made of ...

Splat! A meteorite impact recorded by a doorbell camera gave scientists a rare view of a space rock at the moment it hit Earth. The sound is like shattering glass.

All five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA have now been detected in meteorite samples, according to a study published yesterday (April 26) in Nature Communications. The work used recently ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Where do shooting stars come from? It’s long been known that meteors ...