Astronomers just got the goods on the meteor that flared up over Cuba earlier this month. more

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: The hunt for micrometeorites in Antarctica more

A new study published online in Meteoritics and Planetary Science finds that our most common meteorites, those known as L chondrites, come from at least two different debris... more

An international study led by researchers from the Institute of Space Sciences, from the... more

On February 1, 2019 a bright meteor crossed the sky over Cuba in the middle of the day. The phenomenon, which was followed by a smoke trail (a characteristic cloud left by the burn... more

An international study led by researchers from the Institute of Space Sciences, from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya... more

See what the rover saw. In 15 years on Mars, Oppy caught sight of meteorites, "blueberries," a "jelly doughnut" and other exotic rock formations. more

Gaping depressions have been discovered lurking beneath the Greenland ice sheet. They are likely meteor impact craters. more

Scientists have discovered the second-ever meteor impact crater in Greenland, located not far from the first. more

NASA has discovered what it believes may be an enormous impact crater from a meteorite strike hidden under Greenland's ice. more

A NASA glaciologist has discovered a possible second impact crater buried under more than a mile of ice... more

A deep-space panorama shows Comet 46P/Wirtanen, the Pleiades star cluster and a meteor crossing in front of the California Nebula. more

A team of Japanese and American scientists has visualized meteorite components at resolution powers much higher than ever... more

On Feb. 9, 1913, hundreds of fireball meteors rained down on North America for no apparent reason. See how it happened here... more

A team of scientists has visualized meteorite components at resolution powers much higher than ever before. Their efforts resulted in a much better look at -- and enhanced understanding of... more

A team of Japanese and American scientists has visualized meteorite components at higher resolution than ever before. Their efforts have resulted in an enhanced understanding of substances inside carbonaceous chondrites, the organic-compound-containing meteorites that land on Earth. These... more

Hundreds or millions of years after a meteorite smashes into Earth, researchers are left analyzing the impact site to figure out what happened. more

Between 60 and 100 tons of space dust falls to Earth every single day. That’s a... more

A meteor seen burning up above Florida before disintegrating with a loud blast over Cuba released plenty of... more

A U.S.-German research team has simulated meteorite impacts in the lab and followed the resulting structural changes in two feldspar minerals with X-rays as they happened. The results of the experiments at DESY and at Argonne... more

Several meteorites have been found in western Cuba after a huge meteor was seen by many – in broad daylight – on Friday, February 1, 2019.... more

A US-German research team has simulated meteorite impacts in the lab and followed the resulting structural changes in two feldspar minerals with X-rays as... more

Residents and tourists in a town in western Cuba saw a flare pass through the sky and heard an explosion Friday in what officials said was a meteorite strike. more

Residents and tourists in the town of Vinales in western Cuba are reporting seeing a flare passing through the sky and hearing an explosion that authorities say could be a meteorite more

Residents and tourists in the town of Vinales in western Cuba are reporting seeing a flare passing through the sky and hearing an explosion that authorities say could be a... more

Residents and tourists in the town of Vinales in western Cuba are reporting seeing a flare passing through the sky and hearing an explosion that authorities say could be a... more

Researchers have simulated meteorite impacts in the lab and followed the resulting structural changes in two feldspar minerals with X-rays as they happened. more

So much better than a dozen roses. more

For sale: Meteor that nearly destroyed Siberia. Lightly used. more

For sale: Meteor that nearly destroyed Siberia. Lightly used. more

A lunar rock sample collected by Apollo 14 astronauts in 1971 contains traces of minerals with a chemical composition common to Earth and very... more

Most of Earth’s essential elements for life — including most of the carbon and... more