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

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

This is particularly puzzling, as a vast majority of meteorites can be traced to some well-known parent body—whether that be ...

This discovery challenges our understanding of Earth’s early history and could shed light on the origins of life.

The beloved eagle was found dead in his enclosure at the World Bird Sanctuary in Missouri after severe weather pounded the ...

Meteorites are primarily stony chondrites, but also include iron-rich achondrites and pallasites. Studying meteors provides ...

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

Today arrives a fun comedy that, without making too much noise, comes without pretensions of great cinema but instead offers ...

A mysterious meteorite, discovered in Northwest Africa in 2023, is challenging what we know about the solar system’s history.

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

In the mid-1990s, a meteorite with the unmemorable name ALH84001 became the most famous rock in the world. Because one team ...