In the rugged goldfields of southeastern Australia, a local prospector spent years trying to crack open a mysterious, rust-colored rock. He was convinced it held gold. The object was unusually heavy, ...

Scientists later confirmed the rock was not earthly treasure at all, but a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite, formed during the ...

The rocks were found in May 2020 in the Erg Chech sand sea, in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

In May 2020, some unusual rocks containing distinctive greenish crystals were found in the Erg Chech sand sea, a dune-filled region of the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. On close inspection, the ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it's turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of other planets out there in the galaxy. But we're still teasing out clues ...

When Kate Middleton handled a small piece of rock at London’s Natural History Museum she became one of the few people on ...

Learn about the collisions between space rocks that have created huge dust clouds, one of which was previously mistaken for ...

The solar system is 4.54 billion years old, based on rock dating. Gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) likely formed first. Ice giants (Uranus and Neptune) probably formed next. Rocky planets formed last, ...

The outer solar system is a vast and mysterious place that could be harboring hidden objects we know almost nothing about — from the elusive Planet Nine and baby black holes to interstellar visitors ...

Researchers have identified a new type of meteorite with the potential to reshape our understanding of planetary formation. A new paper from scientists at the Astromaterials Research and Exploration ...