Meteors can be pieces of asteroids (which are rocky objects that orbit the Sun) or comets (which are icy bodies with long tails). As comets pass near the Sun, they can leave behind trails of dust and ...

A new video from an astronaut's vantage point in space captures a bright green burst over Earth as a meteor exploded in the night sky. A new video from an astronaut's vantage point in space ...

The Nqweba Meteorite is believed to be an achondritic meteorite, a rare type in the Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite group. It ...

Researchers studying meteor showers have found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the Sun. In a new study, they ascribe the differences to the conditions in the ...

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The rock, black and shiny on the outside with a light grey concrete-like interior, was still warm when when the Eastern Cape ...

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A significant meteorite that fell in the Eastern Cape last month has sparked a collaborative scientific investigation ...

A bright meteor darted across the sky Thursday night around 9:45 p.m. A bright meteor darted across the sky Thursday night around 9:45 p.m. A bright meteor darted across the sky Thursday night ...

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech. August 22, 2024, Mountain View, CA - An international team of 45 researchers studying meteor showers has found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the ...

An international team of 45 researchers studying meteor showers has found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the sun. In a paper published in the journal Icarus ...