Are we the aliens? Meteorites might have brought the stuff in our genes to Earth

It came from outer space. 

By Elizabeth Rayne 6 days ago

King Tut's meteorite dagger unsheathes more mysteries

It came from outer space, but it didn't land in Egypt.

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago

Glass reveals a ginormous comet exploded right above the Atacama desert 12,000 years ago

We just learned a comet exploded over the desert some 12,000 years ago, and the evidence was trapped in glass.

By Elizabeth Rayne 6 months ago

So that’s where all those Martian meteorites came from (actual Martians not included)

Martian meteorites on Earth are the closest thing to samples from Mars; now we know where they're from.

By Elizabeth Rayne 6 months ago

Tiny grains of alien material in meteorites point to origins in other stars

By Phil Plait 7 months ago

A nuclear test creates a forbidden crystal. This is the fivefold way.

By Phil Plait 12 months ago

Meteorite that once had CO2-rich water could mean Earth’s water came from real far out

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago

Heating up meteorites could tell us more about exoplanet atmospheres and potential for life

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago

Is it dusty in here or is it just the 14 tons of meteorite dust that settles to Earth every day?

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

Canada's famous Tagish Lake meteorite found to contain cosmic compounds

By Jeff Spry 1 year ago