The Sordid Mystery of a Somalian Meteorite Smuggled into China M illennia ago a piece of the sky fell toward East Africa, ...

It's not the first time there have been claims of signs of life on Mars, so why are scientists particularly thrilled now?

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has compared net zero to a ‘tax against meteorites’. Picture: Martin Ollman / NewsWire Net zero is “like having a tax against meteorites”, Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has ...

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...

The iron-rich core at the centre of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth’s evolution. The core not only powers the ...

Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.

Mr Joyce, a former deputy prime minister, was banished to the opposition back bench earlier this year after back-channelling hard to keep the Liberal and National parties from permanently breaking up.

We know the temperature of Earth ’s inner core is very roughly about 5,000 Kelvin (K) (4,727°C). It was once liquid, but has cooled and become solid over time, expanding outwards in the process. As it ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has found minerals that could have powered life on Mars — or simply shaped the Red Planet's ...