While the technology still needs significant work, a new analysis of meteorites points to valuable targets in the solar ...

A new study analyzes three asteroid and two meteorite samples to see if space rocks smacking into Earth could’ve helped ...

Scientists confirm meteorites contain all five DNA bases, indicating life's building blocks may have formed in space. Discover what this means for the origins of life.

A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so ...

Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...

In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu and ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small asteroids actually made of, in measurable detail? Researchers at the Institute ...

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

In a new paper, an international team of researchers revisited the idea of blowing up an incoming asteroid with a nuclear ...

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected.

Russia's customs service says a 2.8-ton chunk of the Aletai meteorite was found in a shipping container, labeled as a garden ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meteorite chemistry shows which primitive asteroids may hold usable metals or water, and why most space mining remains difficult. ...