Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

The discovery that weather radar systems can detect meteorite falls marks a significant leap in how scientists study and ...

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

Meteorites are primarily stony chondrites, but also include iron-rich achondrites and pallasites. Studying meteors provides ...

A dazzling meteor lit up Karachi’s sky at 2:43 am, leaving residents in awe. The rare celestial event was captured on camera, ...

An amateur astronomer in Denmark has advised the local population in Zealand town Lumsås to check their houses and gardens ...

Most meteorites originate from the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter where over a million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer circle the sun. Those rocks originate from a small number ...

“This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue,” said meteor astronomer and lead author Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA ...