When the Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak, it will be spring’s first chance to see shooting stars. The Lyrids have ...

Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

Patrick M. Shober received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 945298. Patrick M. Shober currently ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are brought back.

Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering at various times printers, scanners, projectors, storage, and monitors. I currently focus my testing efforts on 3D printers, pro and ...

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A polarized-light microscopy image (in background) of a section from the Allende meteorite is one-thousandth of a millimeter thin. Chip Clark / NMNH Most likely it came from the asteroid belt ...