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

NASA’s Perseverance rover is making history by collecting handpicked Martian samples for future return to Earth. Scientists are eager to study these specimens to unlock secrets about Mars’ ancient ...

Joe Velaidum's home security camera captured the instant a meteorite smashed against his home's brick walkway. The video is thought to be the first recorded sound of a meteorite's direct impact.

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

They're made up of chondrules, or small, spherical grains of silicate minerals such as olivine and pyroxene. Herd believes the meteorite that struck Velaidum's property came from an asteroid belt ...

The meteorite mainly consists of olivine (Fa24.6), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs20.5), and troilite and Fe-Ni metal, with minor amounts of feldspar (Ab82.4-84.7). Three poorly metamorphosed porphyritic ...

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

Each object is a special case, and scientists compare them with known meteorites ... aren't the same—they tend to be richer in olivine. Based on that data and its tumbling motion, scientists ...

Nakhlites are a unique suite of ~20 Martian meteorites. They are basaltic pyroxenites with mineralogies dominated by cumulative pyroxene and olivine. Traditionally considered to represent a shallow ...