Look up: It's the Lyrid meteor shower! more

To see these shooting stars, you may need to plan around a very bright, nearly full moon that's out to... more

One of the oldest known annual meteor showers, peaking early this week, may unfortunately be hindered by an almost-full moon. more

A meteor seen over the South Pacific, off the northern coast of Papua New... more

Residents along the East Coast have reported seeing a meteor blazing across the nighttime sky. more

Residents along the East Coast have reported seeing a meteor blazing across the nighttime sky more

A pair of meteors flame out fantastically over Europe and the US on the first night of the Lyrid meteor shower. more

Using data from NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), a team of researchers has discovered that... more

The Chelyabinsk meteor caused extensive ground damage and numerous injuries when it exploded on impact with Earth's atmosphere in 2013; to prevent another such impact, scientists plan to use a simple yet ingenious way... more

An international research team including Curtin University scientists has documented the 'ghost' of an undiscovered mineral at two ancient meteorite impact craters. more

An ancient sliver of the building blocks from which comets formed was discovered encased inside a meteorite like an insect in amber by a Carnegie-led research... more

Avi Loeb, the Harvard professor behind the Oumuamua alien theory, has spotted an interstellar meteor hidden in plain sight in a NASA database. more

Avi Loeb, the professor behind the Oumuamua alien theory, has spotted a meteor from beyond the solar system hidden in... more

Avi Loeb, the professor behind the Oumuamua alien theory, has spotted a meteor from beyond the solar system... more

Scientists have identified a possible interstellar meteor, and think it could be one of millions that have visited Earth over the planet’s history. more

The professor behind the Oumuamua alien theory has spotted a meteor from beyond the solar system for the first time, hidden in... more

A mere 17-20 meters across, the Chelyabinsk meteor caused extensive ground damage and numerous injuries when it exploded on impact with Earth's atmosphere in February 2013. more

The 3-foot-wide rock rock visited us three years before 'Oumuamua. more

The first meteor to hit Earth from interstellar space — and the second observed interstellar visitor overall — may have just been discovered, a new study... more

Researchers have found a piece of a comet — an object made up of ice and dust — inside of a space rock known as a stony meteorite. more

A cometary building block has been discovered inside the LaPaz Icefield (LAP) 02342, a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite found in Antarctica... more

Astronomers have made a surprising discovery that gives clues to how solar system formed. more

Meteorites release water from the moon’s soil, hinting that the moon has water buried all across its surface. more

A bit of comet material lurks inside a meteorite found in Antarctica. more

Impacts shake loose ancient water in lunar soil more

A tiny piece of the building blocks from which comets formed has been discovered inside a primitive meteorite. The discovery by a Carnegie Institution of Science-led team, including a researcher... more

Research scientists have uncovered hidden diversity within a type of frog found only in the Seychelles, showing that those on each island have their own distinct lineage. The family tree of sooglossid... more

Analysing lunar meteorites has provided new evidence that the Moon was formed after a Mars-sized body impacted the Earth 4.5 billion years ago, finds a study. more

According to NASA, scientists are in... more

ALH-77005, a Martian rock found in Antarctica, contains numerous mineralized ‘biosignatures,’ including coccoidal, filamentous structures and organic material,... more

For almost 500 people in the southeastern United States, getting up early Thursday was its own reward. more

For almost 500 people in the southeastern United States, getting up early Thursday was its own reward more

According to NASA, scientists are in agreement that there is no life on Mars. However, they continue to assess whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting microbial life. Now, researchers from Hungary have discovered embedded organic material in... more

A bright green fireball east of Tallahassee, Florida sparked nearly 250 witness reports for the American Meteor Society across several states. more

The National Weather Service says a bright flash across the Florida night sky over the weekend was likely a falling meteor. more

A space rock went out in a literal blaze of glory Saturday night, burning up in full view of many residents of the southeastern US. more

Paleontologists have found a fossil site in North Dakota that contains animals and plants killed and buried within an hour of the meteor impact that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. This is the richest... more

The beginning of the end started with violent shaking that raised giant waves in the waters of an inland sea in what is now North Dakota. more

A meteor that snuck by the world's telescopes and exploded over the Bering Sea was caught on camera after all. more

NASA on Friday published satellite photos of a powerful meteor which appeared just above the Bering Sea on December 18 but went unnoticed until months later. more

Sometimes satellites can provide an unexpected view of events. On December 18, 2018 a... more

A Southwest Research Institute-led team discovered evidence of abundant water-bearing minerals on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. Using early... more

NASA on Friday published satellite photos of a powerful meteor which appeared just above the Bering Sea on December 18 but went unnoticed until months later. more

NASA's Terra satellite captured striking views of the meteor that exploded over the Bering Sea on Dec. 18, 2018. more