"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink into it, perhaps even descending far enough so as to be hidden below the ...

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Fascinating drops from Böker, Spyderco, Al Mar and other beloved brands highlight this roundup of sharp and shiny objects.

Today, most of the meteorite is on display at the California State Minerals and Mining Museum in Mariposa, writes.

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

When you find a strange looking rock in the desert, it’s likely worth having some experts take a proper look at it, just like in this case.