"I was wanting a new bicycle, and I'd got the family hand-me-down, so I wanted to replace that," David said. He bought a ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Scientists are decoding fragile meteorites to uncover which small asteroids could become future treasure troves for space ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbour valuable metals, materials from the early solar ...

The far side of the Moon has long been a blank space in humanity’s geological record, but China has just filled in a crucial ...

Last year’s chemistry Nobel prize was awarded to researchers using AI to study proteins in entirely new ways, and in 2025 ...

Thirsk gave a talk at the University of Calgary's Found in Space event Saturday afternoon, with the hopes of inspiring those ...

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned its samples from the asteroid Bennu in late 2023, it revealed a surprising find: ...

One meteorite may hold the answers space agencies have been chasing, answers that could unlock mining in deep space.

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive fireball ...