Stumbling upon a meteorite might seem like a once-in-a-lifetime event, but it’s not as uncommon as you might think. What’s ...

Collecting meteorites on Earth is often described as the cheapest form of space exploration. Scientists now have over five ...

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue." Ten years ago, astronomers from various institutions, including NASA and SETI (Search for ...

It literally stood out,” NASA scientists said, describing the moment that cameras on Perseverance focused on a single, ...

Have you ever wanted to go hunt for meteorites? If so, your chance is coming up next month. And your guide will be Geoff Notkin, the co-host of the Discover Channel’s Meteorite Men program and one of ...

The American Meteor Society received over 160 reports in the Southeast − including South Carolina and Georgia − of a fiery object streaking through the skies on June 26. The object, identified later ...

Three weeks after a bolide soared across and exploded over north Georgia skies, we're now getting our first close-up look at Georgia's 29th recovered meteorite in history. Planetary Geologist R. Scott ...