The Hoba meteorite weighs about 60 metric tons and has never been moved. It lies on a farm in Namibia, right where it fell ...

A rare meteorite recovered from Alaska is prompting scientists to rethinkhow Earth got its water. New findings suggest our planet may have had the hydrogen needed to form water on its own, without ...

A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — The explosive meteorite blasted into the skies over Georgia with a sonic boom, maybe you saw it on video or social media. But soon you’ll be able to see a chunk of the Georgia ...

The Head of Qatar Astronomical Center, Sheikh Salman bin Jabor Al Thani, has revealed the discovery of a second meteorite ...

The new year has arrived, and the Quadrantid meteor shower is coming in hot. Here’s how to see this often-spectacular shower ...

Illustration of a fireball passing in front of the moon as it crosses through Earth's atmosphere. Fireball meteors fall on the Earth every day but it's rare to see one in the daytime. Illustration by ...

Today's meteror can be tomorrow's (star) dust. Feb. 19, 2013 -- Meteorite hunters are converging on Chelyabinsk, Russia, seeking pieces of a space rock that exploded above that city last week, ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

Richard Jakiel fell in love with outer space as a kid, and his enthusiasm never waned. Now 67, the Lithia Springs man, who has taught astronomy in Cobb County high schools and at universities, plans ...

St. Louis witnesses the 2026 Quadrantid meteor shower peak Jan 3-4; bright fireballs visible near Bootes despite full moon ...