South Africa probably has a lot more meteorites that haven’t been identified as such because they don’t stand out where they’ve landed or don’t look unusual enough for people to examine them.

In this crazy age of Covid, when ‘staying alive’ has taken on a whole new meaning, the thought of being wiped out by an Earth-impacting comet or asteroid, seems more like the stuff of Hollywood ...

A new study warns that 5,000 meteorites could be sinking beneath Antarctica's icy surface every year as a result of climate change, depriving scientists of vital information about our solar system.

Humans are still dreaming about landing on Mars. But periodically, chunks of the Red Planet come crashing down on Earth. Now, one of those rare Mars rocks is heading to auction. The largest Martian ...

In July 1969, the crew of the Apollo 11 brought back nearly 48 pounds (22 kilograms) of pristine lunar rocks from the most incredible — and expensive — rock-collecting expedition in history. NASA had ...

INDIANAPOLIS, March 26, 2023 — If you’ve ever seen a shooting star, you might have actually seen a meteor on its way to Earth. Those that land here are called meteorites and can be used to peek back ...

Antarctica harbors a large concentration of meteorites imbuing the icy continent with an unparalleled wealth of information on our solar system. However, these precious meteorites are rapidly ...

New Haven, Conn. — Scientists in the department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University have devised a method to precisely date the timing and temperature of a meteorite impact on Mars that led ...

"I was wanting a new bicycle, and I'd got the family hand-me-down, so I wanted to replace that," David said. He bought a ...

Researchers watched fragments of two meteors as they ramped up the heat from room temperature to the temperature it reaches as it enters Earth's atmosphere and made a significant discovery. The ...