A man searching for gold in Maryborough Regional Park, Victoria, Australia has stumbled on something far more ancient - a ...

A specially trained algorithm could aid the search for biological activity both on the early Earth and on other worlds.

Apollo samples provide evidence: Researchers analyzed Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo missions and, for the first time, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent years combing Jezero Crater for traces of ancient water and potential biosignatures, but its latest find is something far more alien to the local bedrock: a dark, ...

Man’s “gold nugget” find in Australia turns out to be a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite, offering rare clues to the early ...

Earth's earliest life left behind very few chemical traces. Fragile remains, like ancient cells and microbial mats, were buried, squeezed, heated, and broken apart by the planet's shifting crust ...

It’s been more than half a century since humans last walked on the Moon, but we’re on the verge of doing so again.

When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth.

This year’s WTOP “Gift Ideas for Stargazers,” coincides with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, to possibly help get the best deals for that special someone on your holiday gift list that loves the ...

According to the Hungarian Meteorite Society, we might have a chance to find meteorite pieces in our territory for the first ...

Scientists found 3.3 billion-year-old biosignatures in ancient meteorites and fossils—a billion years older than we thought ...

A NASA official says a Sunday morning meteor show was likely caused by ‘a small comet fragment’ that streaked across the skies of northern Michigan. Skywatchers called it a meteorite.