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Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...
If rocks could talk, this one (NWA 16788) would have a great tale to tell. It was ejected from its own planet by a massive ...
The most massive chunk of Mars ever found on Earth could sell for up to US$4 million in a Sotheby's auction later this month.
The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...
The largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth is being auctioned off later this month and could fetch up to $4 million.
A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...
China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...
Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...
Heavenly questions China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission Tianwen-2 will first return samples from an asteroid, then explore a mysterious comet-like object.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images Donaldjohanson is likely a fragment from a collision 150 million years ago, making it one of the youngest in ...
If future Mars colonizers want to survive without pressure suits, they’ll need to generate a denser atmosphere. One way to achieve this could be to bombard the Red Planet with water-rich asteroids.
Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and its moon Deimos on its way to explore the aftermath of the DART impact in the Didymos–Dimorphos asteroid system.