Scientists in Brazil have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown impact event recorded in hundreds of glassy fragments scattered across the country.

Tektites are natural glasses formed by the high-energy impact of large meteorites against Earth's surface. Recently, a team of researchers found a new strewn field of them in the Brazilian state of ...

Microorganisms aboard the International Space Station have extracted dozens of metals from actual asteroid fragments, a result that strengthens the case for biology-driven mining on the Moon, Mars, ...