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.

Scientists have traced the source of more than 70% of meteorites that have hit Earth to specific asteroid families, providing ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

Quaoar is the fifth dwarf planet from the Sun, in the Kuiper belt, located in the Kuiper belt, one of the outermost regions of the Solar System. Gonggong is a dwarf planet and a member of the ...