A meteorite crashed through a Texas home after a fireball lit up Houston skies—learn how NASA tracked this rare impact event.

During their historic lunar fly-by, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission witnessed meteorites striking the rugged surface ...

Scientists have found a massive field of glass on the Brazilian coastline and suspect the field of tektite was caused by a ...

A new study reveals a previously unknown meteorite impact that took place in northeastern Brazil some 6.3 million years ago. An international team of scientists found a 900-kilometer-long "strewn ...

Early in the morning of October 6, 2008, astronomers at the University of Arizona detected an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. When other sightings cropped up across the world, the ...

A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake triggered a landslide, a dam, and an ancient lake. Reading time 3 minutes ...

A quiet hillside in southern China holds the mark of something that arrived with enormous force from far beyond our planet. The Jinlin crater, tucked into the low mountains of Guangdong Province, ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study reveals a previously unknown meteorite impact that took place in northeastern Brazil some 6.3 million years ago. An ...