A new study suggests a massive meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago, far larger than the dinosaur killer, may have acted ...

DG5 is classified within the Apollo group—asteroids characterized by orbits that cross Earth's trajectory around the Sun. It ...

Long before highways and oil rigs, a meteor smashed into West Texas. We visited the Odessa Meteor Crater to walk inside this ...

A meteor streaks across the sky and burns up in a flash. Sometimes, a small piece survives the journey through Earth’s ...

One of the defining characteristics of Mars are its craters. Direct asteroid strikes are no doubt responsible for many of the most famous craters on Mars, but now experts say the aftermath of a single ...

Residents of Maoming, China were treated to a celestial light show earlier this week when a surprise fireball burst to life ...

Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has massive implications for the geological history of the region and some of the U.

(THE CONVERSATION) If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks of male reproductive material that many of us notice ...

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong ...

In August, the famous Perseid Meteor Shower will hit its two-day peak. The ETA Aquarids peaked between May 5 and May 6 and will remain active for a few more days. Within the first five months of ...