As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

UNLV geoscientist Arya Udry shares what motivates her in studying space, her work on the Mars Perseverance mission, and the world of knowledge a meteorite can bring.

Where do meteorites of different types ... "Asteroid Hertha doesn't look anything like its debris. Hertha is covered by dark rocks that were shock-blackened, indicative of an unusually violent ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...

One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists ... “We know of other Murchison-like meteorites that broke off at approximately the same time, and likely in the same event ...

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...

He and his team measured how long the rock was exposed to cosmic rays after it had broken off from a larger asteroid. “We know of other Murchison-like meteorites that broke off at approximately the ...