The fireball was detected by the satellite on June 26, 2025, above the town of Oxford, Georgia, using an instrument to map ...

Meteor Crater and Lowell Observatory invite the public to observe the unique benchmark with a day of educational activities.

Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.

A midday flash of light across the Southeast was likely a meteor, with debris potentially damaging a home in McDonough, ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

Without meteorites, you probably wouldn’t be reading this. As writer Maria Golia explains in her new book, Meteorite: Nature And Culture, meteorite bombardments during Earth’s infancy may have ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — Pieces of a small asteroid that left a fiery trail in the sky over a big chunk of Arizona earlier this month have been found by researchers, Arizona State University says. A team ...

Most meteorites contain iron-nickel, an alloy that attracts magnets and isn’t found in terrestrial rocks. He held the strip to the most promising rock and shook his head in disappointment.

Kilgore found his first meteorite in 1990. He still keeps the small nickel-iron rock in his pocket to remind himself of his humble beginnings as a collector. Since then, he has amassed more than ...

Recovered in 1977 in Nebraska, experts believe the 22.5-pound “ Huntsman (b) ” space rock actually arrived on Earth back in 1910, when a meteorite of the same composition was found about three ...

The meteorite vodka costs $180 to $200 a bottle, of which there are only 4,806 in this run. They intend to reuse their chunk of meteorite, which they have not cut or ground up, to make future batches.

In some ways, Vargas’ experiences as a meteorite hunter mirror those on TV. In 2019, he flew to Costa Rica in pursuit of a fireball that exploded over the village of Aguas Zarcas. Reports online ...