For as long as we’ve looked up at the night sky, Mars is the one planet that has stood out from all the rest. Glowing red in the distant darkness, it has been an obsession of humans for millennia.

Detecting an asteroid when it was still about to hit Earth is difficult enough; finding it once it has already impacted our planet is even harder. This is ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed ...

Because all earthly life shares a common origin, finding a second tree of life would forever change humanity’s understanding of ourselves.

In this video, we explore the process of creating a ring from meteorite using a 60,000 psi waterjet cutter. The process begins with a rough slab of meteorite, cut into two concentric circles. After ...

Among those swiftly mobilising were professional and amateur astronomers from France’s FRIPON/Vigie-Ciel network, which was launched around a decade ago with a mission to detect and collect meteorites ...

It's highly unlikely life started organically on Earth, one expert suggests. But an extraterrestrial intervention might explain how we got here.

Donghae City in Gangwon Province announced on September 30 that it has completed the creation of the new experiential space, the 'Byeolnuri Astronomical Observatory Space Zone,' designed to spark ...

NASA’s latest announcement about its Perseverance rover has reignited both scientific curiosity and ethical debates. The rover, currently exploring the Jezero Crater on Mars, has detected mineral ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

Earth has never stood still. Over its 4.5 billion years of history, our planet has been reshaped by different cataclysms and climate shifts. The atmosphere went through several changes, oceans froze ...