Scientists believe a newly-discovered crater believed to be the oldest in the world reveals a number of clues to the early ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in ...

A spectacular light show over Florida’s skies left many believing they had witnessed a meteor shower, but in reality, it was ...

Eyewitnesses reported hearing a "sonic boom" when a meteorite fell in Washington County in late February, according to NASA.

One of the most recent and best-preserved craters on Earth is the 1.2 km in diameter Meteor Crater in Arizona, which formed ...

Experts from the University of Alberta believe this is the first time audio of a meteorite fall is recorded. The American Meteor Society received at least 170 eyewitness reports of the falling ...

Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to science to be recognized.

Finds like the one in the picture are often mistaken for meteorites. If you think you have found a "sky stone" yourself, you can use a few simple tests to narrow down whether it is possibly a genuine ...

Large asteroids are expected to hit Earth once every 2000 years. The most damaging meteorite strike in recent times was the Tunguska event, a megaton-scale explosion that destroyed a swathe of ...