Mounting evidence suggests the rubble of an asteroid once formed a ring orbiting our planet’s equator.

A zap with a laser in the lab confirmed the extraterrestrial origins of enigmatic lumps of glass found in the Northern Territory.

Deep-sea sediments show how the changing orbits of Earth and Mars are linked to past global warming and the speeding up of deep-ocean eddies.

A distant lump of space rock may have a surprising amount in common with the core of our own planet.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered pieces of asteroid Bennu, which scientists hope will offer a window into the early era of the Solar System billions of years ago.