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 ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

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

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

From a partial solar eclipse, to bright planets, and the end of the meteor shower 'drought', there is plenty to see in the ...

It came from outer space! In the early morning of June 30, 1908, people in the remote Tunguska region of Siberia beheld an ...

Meteor showers are caused by Earth passing through streams of dust, rocks, metal, and ice, resulting in brilliant displays of light in the sky. The radiant spot is an optical illusion where meteors ...

An impact crater is a depression formed on the surface of a solid astronomical body (like a planet or moon) when a smaller object (like a meteoroid, asteroid, or comet) collides with it at high ...

Webb Telescope reveals mysterious weather on a giant planet-like object Knowridge Science Report 00:58 Fri, 07 Mar Mystery solved! Odd X-ray signal was 'death knell' of planet destroyed by zombie star ...

We call the little chunks meteoroids, the big icy chunks comets, and the big rocky chunks, asteroids. Most asteroids rather conveniently live in a place between Mars and Jupiter known as the ...

NASA says NEOs can be asteroids or comets whose orbits take them to within 120 million miles of the Sun. That actually indicates these NEOs can come through the Earth’s neighborhood. Most NEOs are ...