If you manage to win the rock lottery and find a meteorite, you should avoid touching it with your bare hands, and there's a ...

Washington is full of earthly treasures. Local rockhound experts share their tips for how to find and collect agates, quartz ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in ...

The organic molecules discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover could have been formed by life, but they could have also come from ...

The frequency of fireballs in our planet’s skies seemed to grow in recent months. NASA and other meteor experts can’t agree ...

A tourist has spent hours trapped in “deep sh*t” – stuck at the bottom of an outback toilet in the remote Northern Territory ...

In a few weeks’ time, the Free State town of Bothaville will once again become the centre of South Africa’s agricultural ...

NASA says its Curiosity rover has turned up its richest haul of organic molecules yet, sharpening, though not settling, the ...

Between the night of April 21 and the early morning of April 22, those looking in the right place will see the sky light up ...

Active since last week, the Lyrids meteor shower is expected to reach peak viewing tonight. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller ...

The peak of pollen season brings to the sky something less painful—the Lyrids, or the first wave of shooting stars in spring.

To see the Lyrids, go outside after midnight and venture away from tall buildings and city lights. It’ll take at least 15 to ...