"This is the first time we can directly link microbial activity to a meteorite impact using geochronological methods. It shows that such craters can serve as habitats for life, long in the aftermath ...

Meteorites that crashed into Earth billions of years contain sugars, researchers say, lending support to the idea that asteroids may hold some of the ingredients to life. An international team of ...

The cosmos is a vast and fascinating expanse, filled with curiosities. Meteorites, remnants of this cosmic expanse, hurtle towards Earth carrying with them minerals that aren’t found anywhere else on ...

GREENBELT, Md. -- A team of international scientists says they've found sugars in meteorites that could be essential to the creation of life. The team, which included scientists from NASA and other ...

The Sordid Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite Smuggled into China M illennia ago a piece of the sky fell toward East Africa, ...

This discovery strengthens the theory that meteorite impacts can create long-lived habitable environments—not just on Earth, but potentially on Mars, Europa, and other planetary bodies where similar ...