Jul 21, 2022 · Asteroids, comets, Kuiper Belt Objects—all kinds of small bodies of rock, metal and ice are in constant motion as they orbit the Sun. But what’s the difference between them? Why …

In early 2023, scientists unearthed the biggest-ever space rock in Antarctica’s history of meteorites, which, for your information, is a whopping 45,000 space rocks over the past century.

Aug 11, 2024 · Arrokoth: the most distant and primitive space rock explored by NASA – we are coming for you! Table Of Contents: The Historic Flyby of Arrokoth by New Horizons Spacecraft

Jul 14, 2022 · To date, researchers have collected 175 samples of Mars rocks on Earth. One of those Martian meteorites that barreled across space, named NWA 7034 or Black Beauty, was …

Jul 31, 2018 · Astronomers know that some cosmic dust derives from collisions of asteroids — magnificently massive bodies of space rock too airless to be planets — that orbit our Sun. …

Jan 29, 2025 · Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino acids, offering clues to how early Earth got its …

Nov 4, 2022 · Our planet's magnetic field is a prodigy and not a late bloomer, a new study suggests. The protective magnetic field surrounding Earth is so strong that it must have …

Mar 18, 2025 · For billions of years, the moon’s surface has been bombarded by asteroids and comets, forming the craters we see today. Scientists had believed specific rock fragments …

Aug 20, 2020 · During a 2012 expedition to Antarctica, a team of Japanese and Belgian researchers picked up a small rock that appeared coal black against the snow white. Now …

Jul 30, 2021 · A fragile, nearly 5-billion-year-old rock discovered in an English field could hold vital clues about some of the deepest mysteries of our solar system’s early history.

Feb 22, 2010 · The Space Race refers to the period of competition over space exploration between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.

Mar 17, 2020 · Every few million years, a space rock large enough to threaten civilization comes along. Scientists estimate that the two-billion-year-old Vredefort crater in South Africa, now 100 …

Feb 21, 2025 · The Search For Ancient Martian Rocks. Perseverance has been on a Crater Rim Campaign, a mission designed to study ancient uplifted rock formations to better understand …

Rocks and minerals are like a fossil record of planetary evolution. From them, we can tease secrets about our solar system and the processes that formed it, including our own planet …

5 days ago · NASA have scientists discovered an unusual rock formation on the surface of Mars which could provide some insights into the red planet's history.. The Perseverance Science …

Nov 14, 2024 · Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system.

Nov 7, 2018 · From distant, icy comets to the asteroid that ended the reign of the dinosaurs, each space rock contains clues to epic events that shaped the solar system as we know it today -- …

4 days ago · The history of the only U.S. base in Greenland Pituffik Space Base is located on the northwestern coast of Greenland just across the Baffin Bay from Nunavut, Canada. It is …

Mar 18, 2025 · This era saw 52 spacewalks, which covered a wide variety of goals, including several repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope and steps to build the International Space …

5 days ago · The St. Pauls Bay rock is located on the slopes of the Witch Hazel Hill area, a scientifically significant rocky outcrop spanning more than 330 feet (101 meters), with each of …

Mar 20, 2025 · More information: Margherita Mussi, The volcanic rock spheres of Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia) at Gombore IB and later Acheulean sites, Quaternary International …