This meteorite was also part of the large Gibeon meteorite shower that rained rocks onto what is now Namibia thousands of years ago. But rather than evoking an animal face, this one can call to ...

The space rock may be part of the ongoing Eta Aquarid meteor shower. A rock thought to be a meteorite crashed through the roof of a residential home in New Jersey's Hopewell Township on Monday ...

“I have the expertise that I’ve looked at hundreds, if not thousands of these types of photos,” Herd said, noting that meteorites are coated with a black shell that forms when space rocks ...

And while falling space rocks might not sound as epic as slaying a legendary monster, the colorful shimmering light of this annual meteor shower is still quite a sight to behold. This year ...

we’ll bring you photos of some of the minerals that wowed us, some of which are billions of years old. The composition of meteorites, those cryptic chunks of metal and rock that crash down to ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaked on May 6, delighting skywatchers with a spectacular cosmic light show as debris from Halley's Comet careened into Earth's atmosphere to form majestic 'shooting ...

Of the few space rocks that fall to Earth ... I knew it could be the sign of a meteorite.” Abba posted the pictures to Facebook and the responses poured in. He sold it for $2,500 to a buyer ...

Observatoire de Paris astronomer Jeremie Vaubaillon said pictures of it shared ... adding that meteorites have 'no pointy, irregular spikes because the rock melts as it enters the atmosphere ...