Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...

A meteorite has hit another house in Connecticut just 19 days after one landed on a home in Wolcott, less than a mile away. In fact, all but one of the six reported meteorite falls in Connecticut over ...

Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine's border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground—just waiting to be picked up. Scientists have ...

A massive, well-preserved impact crater has been uncovered in Guangdong, revealing the signature of a powerful meteorite strike during the Holocene. Measuring 900 meters across, it dwarfs other known ...

The Geminids return with near-perfect viewing conditions, offering skywatchers up to 150 meteors an hour under dark December skies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...