Chinese scientists analysing lunar soil have discovered rare meteorite fragments believed to come from beyond the inner Solar ...

What are the odds that a meteorite would fall on you? According to an astronomer’s estimations, they are 1 in 700,000. Until recently, there was no evidence that such an incident had ever occurred.

Astronomy enthusiasts are being offered an extraordinary opportunity tonight - the chance to witness a comet that won't grace ...

Standing at the edge of Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona feels like peering into another world—a massive bowl carved into the Earth by a visitor from space that arrived with the subtlety of a ...

Dozens of shooting stars will dash across the California night sky as a radiant meteor show reaches its peak. During the ...

The Orionids are fast, bright, and sometimes produce fireballs. With no moonlight this year, California skywatchers have one ...

Internet sleuths may have found evidence that it wasn’t space debris that hit a United Airlines flight last week, but a ...

Remember 1986? What a wild year here in Texas. The state was awash in sesquicentennial revelry, Hands Across America was all ...

The dazzling Orionid meteor shower peaked on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning between midnight and dawn.

Unique to the Orionids, NASA notes, the meteors seen during this shower are particularly fast and bright. Furthermore, they ...

Oregonians will have an opportunity to view a triple cosmic event in October, as two rare comets will be visible alongside ...

Members of a Boone County Facebook group shared images and a video of what looked like a streak of fire falling in the sky around 7 p.m. last night.