Chicxulub asteroid type identified: a new Science Advances paper concludes the dinosaur-killing impactor was a CO chondrite — ...

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was likely an exceptionally rare CO chondrite from a distant region of the solar system. Its unusual chemistry suggests that planet-cooling dust and debris, ...

SPRING, Texas — A rare space event that sent debris from the solar system into the Houston area is now drawing curious residents eager to find out if they’ve discovered a piece of it. About a week ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meteor showers happen every year and are a spectacular sight. Jim Vajda/Flickr, CC BY Have you ever been out at night and seen a ...

On July 16, 2024, a rock older than Earth itself punched through the roof of a house in Hillsborough, New Jersey, after ...

The mission to land humans on Mars may remain tantalizingly elusive, but pieces of the red planet have been crashing into planet earth for millions of years. The largest-known chunk, a meteorite ...

Have you ever been out at night and seen a streak of light blast across the sky and disappear? Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky? As the director of the ...