The rare alignment of three celestial events could make the annual meteor shower one of the most spectacular skywatching ...

Beginning in mid- to late July, two major meteors showers will light up the night sky. Here's when and where to get the best ...

The meteorite is billions of years old, but it found it's way to a home just outside of Atlanta.

A new Southwest Research Institute-led study proposes a solution to a longstanding puzzle in planetary science: What caused ...

The alpha Capricornids and the Southern Delta Aquarids meteor showers will be active & peak simultaneously in July. Here's ...

Chemical signatures indicate the meteorite came from an early planet that met an untimely end during the formation of our solar system ...

Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky?

On Sunday November 2, people in eastern Victoria witnessed a bright streak across the sky followed by a loud sonic boom that felt like an earthquake. The event was captured by security cameras and ...

Scientists have found garnet in a Martian meteorite for the first time, raising new questions about what kind of geological ...

The fight to claim a 3.5-tonne space rock didn't just kickstart a publicity battle that divided an empire — it also left a ...

Ages ago, before humans lived in North America, a space rock pierced the atmosphere and screamed in a blaze of light toward the surface of the Earth.

It's hard enough to see a meteorite strike on Earth: Most of the bits of space debris that survive entry into the atmosphere plunge into the ocean, which covers about 70 percent of the planet. The ...