Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two new studies report, including a particularly cataclysmic impact event around ...

The Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known natural piece of iron on Earth, weighing about 60 metric tons today. By ...

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research suggests the planet didn't need the delivery. Reading time 3 minutes Water ...

Sometime in late May 2026, a meteorite hunter in the United States picked up a freshly fallen space rock, marking the third ...

Home video and audio of a meteorite crashing into the sidewalk outside a Canadian man’s home is believed to be the only recording of its kind. “As far as I know, and I’ve asked around, it’s probably ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A 54-pound (24.5-kg) Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, setting a new auction record for a meteorite.

ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - A fireball flashed across the sky on Thursday afternoon, which was visible to residents in several states. The National Weather Service speculates that the object seen was a ...

During their historic lunar flyby, astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission witnessed meteorites striking the rugged surface ...

According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteorite Have you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like? Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura ...

A home security camera captured a falling meteorite and the sound it made when it hit the walkway leading to a house in Canada, the incident occurring just moments after the homeowner departed for a ...