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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 - When our Sun was a young star, 4.56 billion years ago, what is now our solar system was just a disk of rocky dust and gas. Over tens of millions of years, tiny pebbles of dust coalesced, like a snow

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 - When our Sun was a young star, 4.56 billion years ago, what is now our solar system was just a disk of rocky dust and gas. Over tens of millions of years, tiny pebbles of dust coalesced, like a snow

Analysis of iron meteorites from the earliest years of the solar system indicate that the planetary 'seeds' that ultimately formed Earth contained water.

Two strange blobs discovered deep within the Earth are the remains of the long-lost ancient planet that contributed to the moons creation.

The remnants of an ancient planet that collided with Earth to form the Moon lie deep within the earth, according to a new model from Caltech researchers and collaborators.

The mystery of how meteorites from Mars can reach Earth may have been solved, as scientists discover rocks can be hurled far from the Martian surface by giant impacts.

Pasadena CA (SPX) May 05, 2023 - In August 1865, a 10-pound rock fell from space to Earth, landing with a bang in the remote village of Sherghati, India. After being recovered by witnesses to the event, the stone passed into the po

Rossman Awarded Roebling Medal February 04, 2021 George Rossman (PhD 71), professor of mineralogy, has been awarded the 2021 Roebling Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA). The Roebling Medal is the MSAs highest award, recognizing "scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy." Rossman will be named a Life Fellow of the society and will receive a medal designed by sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks and struck ...