Learn more about Ann Hodges, the first and perhaps only person known to have been struck by a meteorite.

The European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense team, which is leading the investigation, currently estimates that the fireball ...

PM local time, a bright fireball streaked across the western German sky, exploded, and rained chunks of space rock down on the region around Koblenz. One of the largest ...

The universe is a vast expanse filled with wonder, and among its most intriguing entities are meteorites. These celestial bodies, which fall to Earth, offer vital insights into the history and ...

There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world, and scientists just found another in Brazil.

Early in the morning of October 6, 2008, astronomers at the University of Arizona detected an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. When other sightings cropped up across the world, the ...

A meteorite has caused significant damage in Germany, punching a hole through the roof of a house in the town of Koblenz-Güls, following a dramatic fireball explosion visible across several European ...

SACRAMENTO, Cal. -- Northern California officials are looking into the possibility that a meteorite destroyed a home in Nevada County Friday night. The house caught fire after several witnesses ...

One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite. This space rock, discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2023, is the largest ...

What was presumably a bolide, an extremely bright meteor that's bigger than a fireball, likely exploded in Earth's atmosphere ...