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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

Our planet’s surface is littered with debris from the skies — and researchers have found that most come from only a few ...

Nestled in the asteroid belt in the 342-million-mile expanse between Mars and Jupiter lies 33 Polyhymnia ... “The idea that some of these might be stable enough to be obtained from within our Solar ...

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

A large asteroid named 1998 ST27 is approaching Earth. Despite being potentially hazardous, it will pass by at a safe ...