Its ruddy complexion is the defining characteristic of Mars, the idiosyncrasy that marks it out from all the other planets of the Solar System. But a new study suggests we may have misunderstood the ...

This led scientists to believe that the iron oxide was hematite, a dry mineral formed ... and compared it with the composition of a Martian meteorite. Their findings indicate that ferrihydrite ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater in northwestern Australia, estimated to be 3.47 billion years old. This finding challenges previous ...

The Pampanga and Paitan meteorites have officially returned to the Philippines. At an unveiling event on Saturday in a Pasig City mall, the Philippine Meteorite Repatriation Team, in collaboration ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the history of Earth and the planet's stages of evolution.

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 billion-year-old, 43-mile-wide Yarrabubba crater. Researchers at Curtin University ...

One pierced a farmer's tin roof and landed inside, prompting an investigation. Two meteorite-like objects fell in a village in Maharashtra’s Beed district following which a sample was collected ...

Australian scientists have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could reshape understanding of the origins of life and Earth itself, according to a study. The crater ...

A set of ancient artifacts, dating back over 2,700 years, has been found to include iron forged from meteorites– an extraordinary find that is rewriting what we know about early metalworking.