From gold-plated golf clubs to meteorites, a new report on traveler's unclaimed baggage from last year reveals the ...

That’s going to leave a dent.

Scientists uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil—a rare type of natural glass forged in the aftermath of meteorite ...

There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another in Brazil.

A meteorite that fell in Germany in 1724 contains a form of silica that conducts heat in a stable manner and baffles physicists.

Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder. Evidence of this was gathered over the past sixty years in meteorite ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

A $35,000 Rolex, a fully assembled robot, and a suitcase packed with rat poison are just some of the unusual discoveries ...

On a dreary day in a nondescript field, I visit the site where a 4.56 billion-year-old bit of space rock came to Earth ...

Microscopic crystals extracted from meteorites could help settle a debate about the birth of our patch of the Milky Way.

Several companies are already developing solutions to mine asteroids in space, as they contain many useful elements, such as water and gold.

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon.