Gem-quality peridot has been identified in multiple pallasite meteorites, earning it the title of a “gemstone from another ...

A terrestrial planet simply refers to a planet that's mostly composed of silicate rocks or metals ... this approximate age by dating rocks and meteorites that have been found here.

Even more puzzling, the carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) and argon-to-nitrogen (³⁶Ar/N) ratios in the bulk silicate Earth (BSE)—which includes all of Earth except its metallic core—are significantly higher ...

Vesta, the second largest asteroid in our Solar System, has not experienced full differentiation into a metallic core, silicate mantle and basaltic ... “Scientists can adjust how they study Vesta ...

Meteorites carry clues that are pivotal in exploring the history of our Solar System, yet they don’t all look the same after impact. Colliding with a planetary surface sends shockwaves through ...

"We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the surrounding highly shocked rock material into space." What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other?

Researchers initially believed the unnamed meteorite hit Earth 1.17 billion years ago, creating the Stac Fada Member rock layer in northwestern Scotland. However, a new study has determined that ...