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

Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the solar system: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling ...

A massive rock from Mars, known as Black Beauty, has yielded new insights into the planet’s history. Scientists used advanced ...

A meteorite that fell in Germany in 1724 contains a form of silica that conducts heat in a stable manner and baffles physicists.

Some of the small glass blobs originating with a mysterious ancient impact. (Crósta et al., Geology, 2025) Hundreds of glass ...

A fireball meteor exploded over Europe and scattered fragments across a German town, with one meteorite smashing through the roof of a house.

That’s going to leave a dent.

The discovery of a new tektite-strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact—but geologists have yet to find the crater.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Why are craters perfectly round even though meteorites are irregularly shaped? Steven RiserConyers, Georgia To answer your question, let's have some fun. First, watch as I throw this irregularly ...

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive fireball ...