An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

Another eight per cent of the Earth meteorites can be traced to the Flora and Nysa asteroid families in the main asteroid belt, the research found. And about six per cent of the meteorites can be ...

An international team has successfully demonstrated that 70% of all known meteorite falls originate from just three young asteroid families. These families were produced by three recent collisions ...

New research has the answer. By studying the composition of meteorites that have landed over the years and the asteroids ...

The team found that 70 percent of all the meteors that fall to Earth come from three families of asteroids, known as Karin, Koronis, and Massalia. These smaller meteorite families were likely created ...

The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder that Earth is part of a ...

Research indicates that Ceres, initially believed to be rocky, is predominantly icy, challenging earlier views. The findings ...

“We chose this model, despite its relative imprecision ... an asteroid rich in metals that’s also located in the asteroid belt. Maybe with enough time and a little more research, CUDOs like 33 ...

The solar system, while being studied extensively, still holds within itself secrets and mysteries that baffle scientists.

In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In ...

LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their ...