Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

It has long been suspected that carbonaceous materials are too weak to survive the fiery plunge through the atmosphere. But ...

The researchers reached the conclusion by studying 7,982 meteoroid trajectories and 540 potential meteorite falls.

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research ...

Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

A new study shows how the Sun and Earth's atmosphere destroy life-bearing meteoroids before they reach the planet.

As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

Astronomy fans will be craning their necks upwards over the next few weeks as the Lyrids meteor shower will be visible in the ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...

THE dazzling Lyrid meteor shower is set to rain over Earth this Easter, with outbursts of up to 100 shooting stars per hour.

Of all the asteroids that become meteoroids by striking Earth's surface, only 4% contain abundant carbon. But scientists know ...