From the interstellar to the atomic scale: scientists use powerful microscopes to discover chemical and molecular fingerprints of the early solar system inside the recently recovered ‘Winchcombe’ ...

Locked inside a frozen rock from the edge of the world is a story that began before Earth had oceans, continents or even a solid surface. A 4.5 Billion-Year-Old fragment of cosmic debris recovered in ...

Ever since scientists started looking at meteorites with microscopes, they’ve been puzzled–and fascinated–by what’s inside. Most meteorites are made of tiny beads of glass that date back to the ...