The Aquarids meteor shower is set to peak this week. Everyone in the U.S. will have a chance to catch a glimpse.

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"Such explosions occur on carbon-rich meteorites, but not on carbon-poor ones." Kurosawa believes that, while evidence of such collisions might be difficult to obtain on smaller objects, larger bodies ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is known for its fast fireballs, which occur as Earth passes through the rubble left by ...

The third major meteor shower of the year is about to hit its peak this week, sending a cascade of "shooting stars" streaking across the night sky.

Elmore County man Joe Champion claims he recently discovered a rare meteorite in a load of soil and rock he was sorting through. Champion identified the find as a pallasite meteorite, which are ...

While Mother Nature Might Not Cooperate, Peak Viewing Of The Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Happens This Week In Western New York ...

Many Southern Hemisphere observers consider this shower to be the best meteor shower of the year, but it's a different story ...

The meteors from the Eta Aquarid shower originate from Comet Halley, according to NASA, and Earth passes through the stream ...

Credit: The ANSMET (ANtarctic Search for METeorites) Program, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Utah. The chemical composition of a meteorite could shake up scientists ...

Conditions look to be relatively ideal for viewing the Aquarids on both nights of the meteor shower's peak activity. The meteor shower not only follows closely on the heels of the Lyrid meteors ...