If you manage to win the rock lottery and find a meteorite, you should avoid touching it with your bare hands, and there's a ...

Scientists have detected several sugars in the primitive Orgueil meteorite. Fallen near the eponymous village in 1864, this ...

Ballpoint pen ink found in Martian meteorites reveals hidden flaws and casts doubt on studies of the planet’s chemical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WJW) — A streaking fireball lit the stark, cold Tuesday morning sky and detonated with the force of 250 tons of TNT, rattling ...

Home video and audio of a meteorite crashing into the sidewalk outside a Canadian man’s home is believed to be the only recording of its kind. “As far as I know, and I’ve asked around, it’s probably ...

Nearly one week after an eight-ton six-foot diameter meteor broke apart over Lake Erie, showering smaller meteorites over ...

Meteorite NWA 16788 is one of the rarest types of space rock on Earth Patrick AVENTURIER/Gamma-Rapho/Getty The largest rock from Mars ever found on Earth is going up for auction at Sotheby’s on July ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. This is a science story of sheer luck. A meteorite made “auditory ...

A home security camera captured a falling meteorite and the sound it made when it hit the walkway leading to a house in Canada, the incident occurring just moments after the homeowner departed for a ...

According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteorite Have you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like? Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura ...