A meteorite that fell in Germany in 1724 contains a form of silica that conducts heat in a stable manner and baffles physicists.

Several companies are already developing solutions to mine asteroids in space, as they contain many useful elements, such as water and gold.

Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder. Evidence of this was gathered over the past sixty years in meteorite ...

A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes could travel between planets on asteroids, meaning humans could be descended from Martians. Astrobiologists have long speculated that ...

Trading gems, minerals, fossils and meteorites can be fraught with controversy and ethical ambiguity. But is the answer to ...

An RAF Typhoon was pictured at BAE Systems Warton carrying two seven round LAU-131 rocket pods, which can be used to fire APKWS guided munitions against surface and, importantly, air targets. The ...

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

As airlines test new routes and researchers refine models, contrails are shifting from an afterthought of flight to a potential tool for cutting the carbon footprint of aviation.

A meteorite has crashed through the roof of a house after thousands observed a stunning fireball streak across the sky in western Europe.

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun.

Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect it—a test to prove humanity could protect Earth from threatening space rocks.

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...