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The S2 mega meteorite unleashed an ancient apocalypse on Earth unlike anything we could imagine, but did it also help life ...

Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a ...

Spectacular green light blazes across the Russian capital, Moscow, leaving residents stunned and scientists searching for ...

All you need to know about the upcoming Southern Taurids meteor shower, which is expected to serve up “big and bright” ...

The Orionid Meteor Shower is famous for fast meteors with glittering wakes known as 'trains' that sometimes linger for ...

Researchers initially believed the samples came from the Moon’s mantle. Testing iron, manganese, and zinc levels showed their ...

Unique to the Orionids, NASA notes, the meteors seen during this shower are particularly fast and bright. Furthermore, they ...

A chemical "anomaly" revealed through an analysis of meteorites may have led to finding the first existing evidence of "proto ...

In a first, researchers have discovered fragments of Earth's precursor that contain distinctive chemical fingerprints in ...

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