Studying Rocks Found On Earth For Clues About Space


Actor Bruce Willis on the surface of an asteroid from the movie Armageddon. Lawmakers are questioning the likelihood of the movie's plot becoming reality.

Images show what researchers say could be a hystrichosphere, a fossilized dinoflagellate cyst.

With samples from over 1,800 separate meteorite falls around the world, ASU’s Center for Meteorite Studies claims the world’s largest university-based meteorite collection. Meenakshi Wadhwa explains how meteorites can teach researchers about the history of the solar system.

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