The study of Martian geology and meteorites provides valuable insights into the history and evolution of Mars. Recent research has focused on understanding the planet's crust, its internal ...

By comparing lunar samples with samples of asteroids and comets ... Described by one of our meteorite curators as 'the most important meteorite to have fallen in 100 years', the Tissint Martian ...

As a result, the United States and Japan conducted systematic follow-up searches for meteorites in Antarctica that recovered more than 40,000 specimens, including extremely rare Martian and lunar ...

Micro- (as astronauts currently experience on board the International Space Station), Lunar, and Martian gravities are simulated using a device called Clinostat, which doesn't remove the gravitational ...

It all depends on who you ask. Current understanding of Mars' evolution is based on spacecraft measurements and meteorite analysis. Those meteorites were ejected from Mars and traversed space ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

People across the United States should be able to see the moon covering Mars before the red planet eventually shows itself again. A total lunar eclipse will occur March 14, the first of two in ...

A tiny asteroid loitering in a near-Earth orbit for a few months last year may have an intriguing origin on our moon. Its ...

In February last year Christie’s held an online-only auction called Deep Impact: Martian Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites. The auction “shattered records” totalling $4,351,750 (£3,227,801 ...

A study led by ETH Zurich, a public university in Switzerland, and England’s Imperial College London has unveiled that the Red Planet is bombarded by meteorites nearly every day. The study estimated ...

The frequency of meteorites making it to the Earth's surface depends on their size, according to the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Earth is "showered in almost 100 tons ...