Chemical signatures indicate the meteorite came from an early planet that met an untimely end during the formation of our solar system ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the darkened morning hours of July 6 when Christian Varady saw the fireball falling from the sky, a momentary streak of ...

For Houstonians who saw it, the fireball meteor that streaked across the East Texas sky last month was a brief, blazing moment of awe. For space researchers at Rice University, it was an opportunity.

A rare meteorite has revealed evidence of a massive lost world that once orbited the young Sun before being destroyed in a catastrophic collision. The discovery suggests some early planets formed from ...

Scientists studying a rare, ancient angrite meteorite found in the Sahara Desert have uncovered evidence of a lost protoplanet from the early Solar System.

"It points to a distinct and separate evolutionary path in planetary formation in the early history of our solar system." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

On Earth, garnet is best known as the fiery red January birthstone—popular in jewelry since the Bronze Age and valued highly ...

The largest-known piece of Mars ever found on Earth is going up for auction on Wednesday and could fetch as much as $4 million because of the rareness of an extraterrestrial item. Sotheby’s auction ...