Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

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Now, researchers have connected 49 seismic events to impact craters, proving that meteorite strikes leave distinct seismic ...

Chemotaxis, a process for chemically inducing movement in an organism, may be a crucial tool in the search for life on Mars.

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"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink into it, perhaps even descending far enough so as to be hidden below the ...

Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

The Martian dichotomy came to light in the 1970s following the Viking Probe's transmission of remarkably detailed Martian ...

The Perseverance rover has sampled mm-size lithic fragments containing olivine likely from at least two source regions from ...

Meteorite Contains Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars 742 Million Years Ago Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space.