Scientists traced 70% of meteorites to three asteroid families. This discovery solves a mystery about meteorite origins.

There’s been a lot of interest around developing technologies for mining rare-earth metals from asteroids as they pass on by.

Three new studies have revealed the common origin of most of the meteorites that hit Earth, linking them to collisions in the ...

Researchers from Western University's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration have identified a way to produce edible ...

Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today ...

Ice on ancient asteroids like Ryugu may have been crucial in kickstarting life on Earth. Researchers from Imperial and ...

New research finds fewer large asteroids in Taurid Meteoroid Complex, reducing the risk of Earth-threatening impacts.

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.

Everything has a beginning, and a new study finds that the start of life on Earth arrived in the form of melted asteroids.

ESA's Hera spacecraft captured farewell views of Earth and the moon as it sails away into space to investigate the asteroid ...

The shortage of previous Trojans for Saturn is somewhat odd. There are more than 13,000 known Trojans of Jupiter. It’s no ...

The first view below, taken by Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera, shows Earth's dominant white clouds over the sunlit Pacific ...