CALIFORNIA, USA — If you looked up toward the sky in California around 9 p.m., it wasn't a fireball. It wasn't a plane. And ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

Falling debris over the Atlantic Ocean after the SpaceX launch Thursday evening could be seen over. It caused some flights to be delayed.

There’s a buzz in the Bay Area and beyond over a mysterious light in the sky Monday night seen by many and captured on video ...

People across 13 states got a glimpse at a fireball lighting up the sky on Monday night. The American Meteor Society received ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...

Meteorites are primarily stony chondrites, but also include iron-rich achondrites and pallasites. Studying meteors provides ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.