A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high ...

The study of Martian geology and meteorites has transformed our understanding of the Red Planet’s evolution and its geodynamic processes. Recent investigations have revealed a complex interior ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Brown University scientists are receiving some sweet recognition after positively identifying a meteorite that shattered a car window and landed in a carton of ice cream in ...

The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon, bringing glowing streaks to nighttime and early ...

The Geminids tend to be the strongest meteor shower of the year. It is also the one major shower that provides good activity ...

One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists another big surprise, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas Zarcas found to have been in orbit for two million years without crashing ...

The Geminids meteor shower peaks during mid-December and is considered to be one of the best and most reliable annual meteor ...

CAIRO (Jared Collins/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Researchers have discovered two meteorites in the Sahara Desert that they believe may have originated from Mercury. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, ...

A bright object glimpsed streaking across the sky recently caused quite a bit of commotion as residents in Georgia and other southern states rushed to film a mysterious "fireball." Reports flooded the ...

University of Georgia researchers have dubbed the space rock the McDonough Meteorite in a nod to its namesake city, where it crash-landed on June 26 A meteorite that crashed through the roof of a home ...