Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

A brilliant fireball lit up the night sky over some southern states in the United States this weekend, but that was no meteor ...

Experts uncovered a giant crater this year in China which was possibly formed after an asteroid landed on Earth several ...

Videos quickly surfaced Saturday night when the fiery bolt of light appeared, with many wondering if it was a meteor shower ...

The Geminids are an astronomical highlight of the year, creating a spectacular show of shooting stars every December. Scientists are now starting to understand where they came from.

The stars have aligned for 2025. The Quadrantid meteor shower — one of the most dazzling annual meteor showers — will be peaking overnight from Thursday to Friday, producing bright ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

2024 was studded with record-setting scientific discoveries. From tracing the origins of glow-in-the-dark animals to developing the world’s fastest microscope, these superlative feats captured our ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape of ... are evidence of an explosion powerful enough to instantly melt bedrock and propel it more than a hundred miles from its ...

But one study posits that the asteroid is part of a larger planetary body, possibly a comet, that broke up in a collision or explosion, and the resulting debris gives us the meteor shower.

That event might have been a "low speed explosion", says Cukier. "As asteroids get close to the Sun, they get hot, and that causes thermal stress inside the asteroid. If they get too hot ...