Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

Smithsonian and NASA scientists set out to collect an asteroid sample that may hold clues to the origins of life in our solar system.

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...