Four-and-a-half billion years ago, a massive world—possibly as big as the moon or even Mars—orbited our sun before crashing ...

Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a surprise: fragments of a rare type of meteorite that could help to piece ...

For Houstonians who saw it, the fireball meteor that streaked across the East Texas sky last month was a brief, blazing moment of awe. For space researchers at Rice University, it was an opportunity.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the darkened morning hours of July 6 when Christian Varady saw the fireball falling from the sky, a momentary streak of ...

The fireball shattered with the force of 26 tons of TNT, potentially spreading shards over a swathe of Texas land. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

As mysterious as large parts of our solar system are, we're learning more and more about Mars all the time. As it turns out, the red planet has quite a lot in common with Earth, and is of particular ...

Recent meteors over Ohio and Michigan have sparked interest in meteorite hunting. A Michigan man found a rare meteorite in Ohio from the St. Patrick's Day meteor event. Meteorite values can range from ...