About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact wiped out ...

These rare samples, uncovered on the moon by China’s Chang’e 6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the solar system ...

The S2 mega meteorite unleashed an ancient apocalypse on Earth unlike anything we could imagine, but did it also help life ...

Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a ...

Astronomers have discovered amazing fragments of a rare meteorite on the Moon, which may help reveal the secrets of the ...

The study of Martian geology and meteorites has transformed our understanding of the Red Planet’s evolution and its geodynamic processes. Recent investigations have revealed a complex interior ...

Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the Earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...

Scientists and meteorite hunters are revising their search area after a fireball passed over the Tucson area earlier in the week. Just after 7 p.m. Tuesday, a massive fireball — or meteoroid — entered ...