Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The Kobe University ...

Scientists have long wondered why carbon-rich meteorites appear less affected by violent impacts than those lacking the stuff. They may finally have an answer.

July's full moon, often called the "Buck Moon," will occur on July 10, 2025.

Strange hexagonal diamonds found in meteorites may have been jettisoned into space when a dwarf planet collided with a large asteroid around 4.5 billion years ago.

The Winchcombe meteorite is a rare and pristine carbonaceous chondrite, and it likely holds clues about early Earth's composition—and where our water came from.

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

A team of researchers recently took a close look at an ancient meteorite and determined that it contained carbon dioxide-rich water, a discovery that has ...

A Ring camera captured a meteorite crashing into Earth in Canada on video, marking one of the first times the sound of a meteorite hitting the ground was captured.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maria Valdes of Chicago's Field Museum about a fresh haul of meteorites she and other scientists collected in Antarctica.

Netflix and New Balance are selling a pair of $13,000 shoes that contain real meteorite fragments to celebrate the release of Don't Look Up.