Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth. The results suggest that without 'unmelted' asteroids, there may ...

A study published in Science Advances demonstrates, through experiments conducted at very high pressure and high temperature ...

They found that around half the Earth's inventory of the volatile element zinc came from asteroids originating in the outer Solar System -- the part beyond the asteroid belt that includes the planets ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests these ingredients weren’t missing from the start. Instead, they were likely ...

Decades-old radioactive glass found blanketing the ground after the first nuclear test bomb explosion is being used by scientists to examine theories about the Moon's formation some 4.5 billion years ...