As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and ...

Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

"The fall of Aguas Zarcas was huge news in the country. No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones ...

Those rocks originate from a small number of larger ... Jenniskens and Devillepoix discuss the links of several other meteorite types to their source regions. Not all assignments are certain.

Researchers were surprised by the unusual shape of many of the rocks caused by ablation, without the relatively flat surfaces ...

Those rocks originate from a small number of larger ... Jenniskens and Devillepoix discuss the links of several other meteorite types to their source regions. Not all assignments are certain.

A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s ...

“Other meteorites of this type are often described as mudballs ... the remaining fragments suggest that their parent rock endured an unscathed long journey through space. Scientists found ...