On March 15, 1806, a meteorite fell from the sky near the town of Alais, France. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Known as the Alais meteorite, this was the first object from space ...

Samples from the asteroid Ryugu revealed all five genetic nucleobases, suggesting the building blocks for life existed in space and may have been delivered to early Earth.

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from ...

Not even an asteroid blast could kill it.

Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing prospects for asteroid biomining and sustainable resource use. As humans look ...

Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the Earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger Didymos around the sun.

A rock and a hard place ...

Studying the 2022 collision's effects can help scientists protect the Earth from celestial objects that might head toward us ...

For a brief time, "Asteroid 2024 YR4" was considered to be the most dangerous asteroid discovered in the last 20 years.