This is a good year for observing the annual Lyrid meteor shower. Its peak should come on Tuesday morning, April 22, when ...

As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...

In South Africa, only 51 meteorites and 22 meteorite falls have been documented. So, Gibson and his colleagues are eager to obtain samples and learn as much as they can from the recent meteorite fall.

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

Look for the dates for astronomical events such as a pink full moon, the Lyrid meteor shower, and the moon hanging out with ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive ... Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! The asteroid belt contains debris fields known as clusters ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

Most meteorites originate from the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter where over a million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer circle the sun. Those rocks originate from a small number ...

The museum detected radionuclide derived from cosmic rays in the two pieces and confirmed they were from the recent meteorite.