Water on Moon and Earth may have come from same meteorites

Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 11:41

Researchers have found that the water found on the moon, like that on Earth, came from small meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites in the first 100 million years or so after the solar system formed.

Meteorites may provide clues about life on Mars

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 13:29

A team of scientists has examined a meteorite that formed on Mars more than a billion years ago to determine if conditions were ever right on the red planet to sustain life.

Rare silica grains in Antarctic meteorites `originated in same supernova`

Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 14:39

Scientists believe silica grains may even come from the same star explosion that sparked the formation of the solar system.

Grains of sand from supernova found in meteorites

Last Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 14:34

Scientists have been studying stars by looking at specks of dust carried to Earth in meteorites.

Meteorites found in Morocco could be from Mercury

Last Updated: Saturday, April 6, 2013, 12:29

Early in 2012, someone in Southern Morocco picked up 35 greenish stones, which is believed to be fragments of a meteorite from Mercury.

Asteroid used as ham press worth USD 5.3 mn

Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 18:25

A huge 100kg rock used by a Spanish farmer for more than three decades to press ham has turned out to be an asteroid worth a whopping USD 5.3 million.

Russia`s Chelyabinsk recovers from meteor crash

Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013, 08:17

Emergency services have repaired most of the damage caused by a meteor that shook Russia`s Chelyabinsk region.

Over 1,000 injured as 10-ton meteorite hits Russia

Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 13:14

Over 1,000 people, including more than 200 children, were injured Friday in a freak incident when a meteor weighing about 10 tons streaked across the sky above Russia`s Ural Mountains.

`Volcanoes in India killed dinosaurs`

Last Updated: Sunday, December 9, 2012, 15:08

Volcanic activity in the Deccan Traps near modern-day Mumbai, and not an asteroid, may have killed the dinosaurs about 65-million-years ago, according to a new study.

Ancient meteorites shed light on Earth’s birth

Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2012, 13:01

Scientists are studying meteorites to understand Earth’s earliest history--its formation from Solar System material into the present-day layering of metal core and mantle, and crust.

Meteorites give valuable insights into Mars’ atmosphere

Last Updated: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 21:48

Scientists have found that meteorites, which continually bombard the surface of Mars, contain enough carbon compounds to generate methane when they are exposed to sunlight.