A man searching for gold in Australia instead unearthed a 17-kilogram meteorite, estimated to be 4.6 billion years old. This ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed a striking new clue in the puzzle of life’s origins. A small rock sample collected ...

This year’s WTOP “Gift Ideas for Stargazers,” coincides with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, to possibly help get the best deals for that special someone on your holiday gift list that loves the ...

Like a lion challenging the alpha, Ford has created the Ranger Super Duty to take down the Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series. But has it succeeded?

Atoms found deep inside our planet argue that parts of “proto-Earth,” the early version of our planet, still survive inside the mantle.

Mystery as NASA discovers ‘sculpted’ alien rock on surface of Mars - The rock is made out of elements also found in Earth’s ...

The Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains in South Africa, dating 3.6 billion years, offer one of Earth's oldest, best-preserved ...

Deep in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, traces of ancient life still linger, even when every cell has crumbled. You would not ...

Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...

Morocco now produces more meteorite discoveries than anywhere on Earth, with some Martian and lunar fragments selling for millions of dollars.

Riches from outer space are pulling meteorite hunters into Morocco’s Sahara Desert, where a fast-growing trade in space rocks is changing remote commu.

Israel’s short but destructive summer war against Iran and its brazen military strikes on Doha in September have reignited a debate across the Middle East over the value of nuclear deterrence. Gulf ...