Microscopic crystals extracted from meteorites could help settle a debate about the birth of our patch of the Milky Way.

He thought he’d struck gold in Victoria’s historic fields. Instead, a stubborn, unbreakable rock that defied saws, acid, and a sledgehammer hid a secret billions of years in the making.

It started with a rock that didn’t look like a big deal. Just a dark lump in the Sahara. The kind of thing you could walk ...

On a dreary day in a nondescript field, I visit the site where a 4.56 billion-year-old bit of space rock came to Earth ...

Nivada Grenchen expands the second generation of its 1970s-inspired F77 sports watch with a wide range of new models.

EARTH cannot defend itself against the thousands of “city killer” asteroids that are zooming around space near our planet, Nasa chiefs warn. They reckon there are about 15,000 undetected ...

On Feb. 8, 1969, a massive meteorite rained a couple of tons of stones on the Mexican town of Allende, not far from the Texas border. The fireball scattered thousands of stones over a huge area. Over ...

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A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Heather Handley works for Museums Victoria Research Institute. She is affiliated with Monash University. Dermot Henry receives funding from Australian Research Council. Oskar Lindenmayer is affiliated ...