On Dec. 27, 1984, a Mars meteorite was found in Antarctica. The meteorite, known as Allan Hills 84001, was found in Allan ...

What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other? You'd expect to see clear signs of impact in the ensuing meteorites — but for over 30 years, scientists have puzzled over why ...

A few of the orange-colored carbonate globules found in ALH84001. This 1.6-ounce (46-gram) meteorite, a part of the Tissint meteorite that landed in Morocco in July 2011, fetched $43,750 at a public ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

The best time to hunt for Ursid meteors is from the evening of Dec. 21 straight through to dawn on Dec. 22. The shower's peak ...

When Kate Middleton handled a small piece of rock at London’s Natural History Museum she became one of the few people on ...

January's skies are set to host the year's first supermoon and a meteor shower, though the brilliance of one may overshadow ...

Imagine sipping your coffee when suddenly – BOOM! A sonic tremor rattles your home. That’s exactly what happened to one McDonough resident when a meteorite the size of a cherry tomato punched through ...

Today's meteror can be tomorrow's (star) dust. Feb. 19, 2013 -- Meteorite hunters are converging on Chelyabinsk, Russia, seeking pieces of a space rock that exploded above that city last week, ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is about 60 metres long, may hit the Moon in December of the year 2032. Scientists assured that Earth is ...

As the American Meteor Society notes, Quadrantids has a short but active peak, lasting around 6 hours. The peak is expected ...