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

Until now, only 6% of meteorites had a known source, but now we can trace the origin of more than 70% of these rocks.

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 ...

Two new studies show that the majority of meteorites originate from just one family of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.

Beyond the asteroid belt, we travel deeper into the darkness, past Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus before finally arriving at the ...

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.

Meteorites have bombarded Earth for billions of years, often causing minimal damage but occasionally leading to cataclysmic events. Recent studies reveal that 70% of meteorites originate from three ...

The research has been led by a scientist called Joshua Pearce. It says that the organic compounds inside of asteroids - which ...

Spread the loveFor decades, Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, was considered a dry and dusty world. But recent ...

Earth's newest celestial neighbor has finally arrived. Astronomers using a powerful telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, ...

The shortage of previous Trojans for Saturn is somewhat odd. There are more than 13,000 known Trojans of Jupiter. It’s no ...

Whether discovering exoplanets or measuring the size of an asteroid, cubesats are affordable throughout the space community, even to small startup, private companies and university laboratories.