Hillwalkers have a “very exciting” opportunity to find meteorite fragments which scattered over Scotland this summer, researchers have said. The bright meteor was witnessed by by some Scots as it ...

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 ...

The researchers pose with the 16.7-pound meteorite on a snowscape in Antarctica. Scientists recently scooped up one of the heaviest meteorites ever discovered in Antarctica, as well as four other ...

The UK Fireball Alliance is hopeful walkers will stumble across the space rocks which fell in the Highlands in July.

BETHEL, Maine -- Meteorite hunters, get ready to head into the woods. A museum in Maine is offering $25,000 for the remains of a space rock that streaked across the sky last week before landing near ...

According to EarthSky.com, the Orionids meteor shower will be at its peak in the pre-dawn hours, although meteors will begin ...

Earlier this week, a mysterious four-by-six-inch object punched through the roof of a New Jersey family’s home, ricocheting around the room before making a sizeable dent in the hardwood floor. Experts ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A 22-pound rock that has been propping open ...

As Earth passes through the densest part of debris from the famed Halley's comet, the Orionid meteor shower will hit its annual late-October peak.

The Orionids — one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley’s comet — will peak with the arrival of a new ...

For 30 years, a man used a meteorite as a doorstop, not knowing that it was a rather valuable one worth $100,000. It was only when a meteor passed through Michigan that he wondered if his meteorite ...

What could be a meteorite struck a home in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, authorities said Monday. The metallic object crashed through the roof of a house and ricocheted around a bedroom. No one was ...