Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar ...

The peak of the Leonid meteor shower will shoot across the sky on Friday night and early Saturday morning (Nov. 17-18). The yearly spectacle occurs when the Earth passes through the debris field ...

The Leonids meteor shower will have activity throughout the month, but it will peak on the night of Nov. 17-18. The yearly spectacle occurs when the Earth passes through the debris field left ...

"Meteor Crater is an excellent analog for our ... It's the perfect training ground to show those processes to the field astronauts, so they understand what it is that they are doing on the moon ...

Meteor showers occur when our planet runs into the debris fields left behind by icy comets or rocky asteroids going around the sun. These small particles burn up in the atmosphere, leading to ...

The team of scientists had already combed over miles of Antarctic ice field, ready to turn around at the very end of an 11-day meteorite hunt. Then they spotted something rare. The international ...

He also plans to shows maps of where the meteorite field was, microscope images of the meteorites and more. Licata said he enjoys learning more about astronomy and has always considered himself an ...

Here, we will discuss the incredible research field of meteorites and how they help researchers better understand the history of both our solar system and the cosmos, including the benefits and ...

A field or fields north of Jacksonville Correctional Center could be hiding valuable meteorites that have gone undiscovered for nearly 20 years. Part-time meteorite hunter Joe Kerchner of Mendota ...

Donation Options Search Search Search James Holstein showcases a fossilized meteorite Monday at the Field Museum of Natural History. Elizabeth Rymut/Sun-Times Share Chances are, someone somewhere ...

The strewn meteorite field is projected to be north of Waite, Maine to over the Canadian border directly west of Canoose, New Brunswick. According to their Facebook post, the museum is offering a ...

That zone of inquiry primarily emerged from triangulating the meteor’s presumptive debris field using sensor data from a classified network of U.S. military satellites that were scrubbed of ...