NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks ...

The Bosumtwi impact crater, nestled in Ghana’s mineral-rich Ashanti gold belt, stands as one of Earth’s most well-preserved meteorite impact sites. As highlighted by a recent study published in ...

Use our interactive globe to see if you’re in the ‘zone of disappointment’ for the Perseids – then save these dates for better meteor showers to watch.

Planetary Geologist R. Scott Harris, working under the auspices of UGA, analyzed fragments of the meteorite with an electron ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...

Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...

An iron meteorite weighing 240 kilos will be auctioned off in Noorwijk at the end of August to help fund a new planetarium in ...

Meteors can light up the sky in the form of shooting stars, but they often burn up in the atmosphere. Some are able to make ...

Spending by international travellers in the U.S. is forecast to be down $12.5 billion this year, and Americans themselves are hesitant to spend on travel. Greg Friedman of Peachtree Group told Reuters ...

Everybody was shocked — shocked! — when Stephen Colbert announced this week that CBS canceled “The Late Show.” The despondent ...

Stouffer learned the fireball that exploded into the Georgia sky last month will now be called the McDonough meteorite. He ...