Scientists initially proposed two possibilities. Either the meteorite entered in an extremely unusual way, or it was moved by ...

A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high ...

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

THOUSANDS of meteorites crash land on Earth every year but the vast majority of them go unnoticed. Most either drop in remote places or burn up to little more than tiny rocks. But on extremely ...

"I was wanting a new bicycle, and I'd got the family hand-me-down, so I wanted to replace that," David said. He bought a ...

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

Dust returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission reveals rare, water-rich CI chondrite meteorite fragments—found on the Moon for ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. A giant ...

Museum officials said they are working to turn the space-related event from McDonough into an opportunity to teach the public ...

Ruth Hamilton woke up to find a hole in her ceiling, debris on her face and a 2.8-pound meteorite between her pillows One woman got the surprise — and scare — of a lifetime when she woke up to find a ...

Divers raised a coffee-table-size chunk of the Chelyabinsk meteorite from its muddy home at the bottom of Russia's Lake Chebarkul on Wednesday. The massive boulder is the largest fragment recovered so ...

The "treasure hunters" found a 1.7 oz. meteorite, up for auction at Christie's. — -- A piece of the meteor that left southeast Michigan residents awestruck on January 16 is up for auction as "the ...