It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

offering a window into the early days of our solar system's formation and holding clues about the origins of life on Earth. In a recent study, scientists developed a groundbreaking model to trace ...

Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just ... tumultuous history of the solar system’s formative years, but the origins of these ancient space rocks are often unknown (SN: 4/18/18).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today, often causing scant damage but sometimes ...

In total, the researchers in three different studies have now been able to account for the origins of most of the tens of thousands of known meteorites that have landed on Earth. As part of the ...

For decades, scientists were able to trace the origins of only a small fraction of meteorites that fell to Earth. Until ...

This research has also enabled scientists to trace the origin of asteroids that are large enough to pose a threat to life on Earth. For instance, it turns out that the asteroids Ryugu and Bennu – ...

A team of international researchers has discovered that the vast majority of the asteroids that collide with Earth come from just ... found the source of their origin. Up until now, only 6% ...