We think of impact events as being disastrous for life,” Harvard geologist Nadja Drabon explains, but one such impact by a ...

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 fireball dubbed the Mother's Day Meteorite has been found in a salt lake in Western Australia by a country police officer ...

The National Weather Service Lubbock captured a meteorite on its rooftop camera Wednesday morning about 3:46 AM.

New evidence shows a meteorite struck Scotland 990 million years ago, reshaping Earth's timeline and possibly helping early life reach land ...

On the night of May 3, a green fireball illuminated the skies over Cache Valley. Jason Trump, a NASA solar system ambassador, ...

While much remains unknown, it is intriguing that two ancient meteorite impacts, the 3.5-billion-year-old North Pole impact in Western Australia and now the 1-billion-year-old Stac Fada deposit in ...

Gem-quality peridot has been identified in multiple pallasite meteorites, earning it the title of a “gemstone from another ...

An ancient meteorite strike hit what is now Scotland significantly later than previously thought, scientists say. The finding ...

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Scientists say a massive meteorite struck north-west Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought - and may have influenced early life on Earth. The meteorite, which created a layer of ...