Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...

Named 2024 YR4, it was estimated to be between 40m and 90m across, with the potential to cause massive damage if it hit a populated area of the planet. The chances of that happening, however, seemed ...

It came from outer space! In the early morning of June 30, 1908, people in the remote Tunguska region of Siberia beheld an ...

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

They flattened forests, left massive craters and even killed the dinosaurs. Learn all about Earth’s hugest asteroid strikes.

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar ...

KARACHI: Residents of the port city witnessed a rare sight in the wee hours of Monday as a bright fireball shot through the sky, setting the night alight.The burning meteorite was observed by ...