They feared that if this meteorite is as big as rock, and it touches the Earth, it can lead to devastation. Meteoroids are ...

In 2017, a team of Clemson University astrophysicists confirmed that two plum-sized speckled rocks that dented the roof of a ...

A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide. Since ...

Meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from space – have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today, often causing scant damage but sometimes triggering cataclysms. But from ...

In the violence of an impact, ferromagnetic minerals in molten rocks can align themselves with the surrounding ... In 2023, ...

Northern Argentina’s Campo del Cielo is where the world's largest mass of meteorites has been found. And it has also been ...

The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

While the Southern Taurids are active between Sept. 23 and Dec. 8, the celestial light show will be most visible Monday and ...

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Foreigner scored more hits than just about any other rock band from their era. But they were never a favorite of critics, and they had to wait 22 years to enter the Hall of Fame after they first ...

Researchers assessed the effects of this meteorite impact using evidence from ancient rocks in a region in northeastern South Africa called the Barberton Greenstone Belt. They found ample signs ...