Jezero Crater has become one of the most exciting places in the search for signs of past life on Mars. Since landing in 2021, ...

The third interstellar object ever observed is in our neighborhood—for now. And, asteroid Bennu could contain dust from ...

When it comes to outer space, there is no such thing as useless. Scientists will dig up even the tiniest fragment of stardust ...

The rocks were found in May 2020 in the Erg Chech sand sea, in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. In May 2020, some unusual rocks containing distinctive greenish crystals were found in the Erg Chech sand sea, a ...

Most of our knowledge about the Solar System’s formation and evolution comes from the study of extraterrestrial rock samples called chondritic meteorites. These rocks, which are fragments of asteroids ...

NASA scientists have confirmed that a mysterious object shooting toward us through the solar system is an "interstellar object" — only the third of its kind ever seen. Experts have also given the ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics. Analysis of meteorite Northwest Africa ...