On March 15, 1806, a meteorite fell from the sky near the town of Alais, France. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on ...

Try searching for your own micrometeorites by collecting particulates from roofs or drain spouts. Use a magnet to see if any particles are attracted, and discard nonmagnetic ones. Use your microscope ...

A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Geology proposes that the same asteroid strike that carved Arizona’s Meteor ...

Meteorite NWA 16788 is one of the rarest types of space rock on Earth Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...

A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite crashes through the roof of a house in Georgia, revealing clues about the origin of the Solar System.

Antarctica, the planet's largest repository of meteorites, is beginning to hide them under the ice due to global warming.

There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another in Brazil.

There were more than 2,800 reports of sightings of the meteorite across parts of Europe ...

Learn more about Ann Hodges, the first and perhaps only person known to have been struck by a meteorite.

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A German town has been peppered by meteorites after a stunning "fireball" exploded in the skies over central Europe. One extraterrestrial fragment landed in a bedroom after punching a soccer ball-size ...