Some Utahns got a glimpse of a real phenomenon Saturday night: a meteor barreling through the Earth's atmosphere — so big that our NASA solar system ambassador called it a fireball.

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

He told Wink News: "When we heard it, we were suspicious, and then I immediately thought of a meteorite (...) What are the chances of an object landing on my house with such force and causing so ...

Meteors from the Eta Aquariids, known for their speed and created from space debris originating from Halley's comet, will ...

and hint that a colossal meteorite impact may have played a surprising role in life’s first move onto land. Scientists now believe a huge space rock slammed into what is now northwestern ...