The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

A massive meteor crater in northern Arizona continues to attract visitors and spark curiosity about space and science, ...

Watch an incredible experiment as we melt a real space meteorite discovered in a scorching hot crater! ☄️🔥 See what happens ...

Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...

Podcaster Show PlayerClassified as the youngest meteor impact site in the world, out of more than 150 known terrestrial impact sites, Meteor Crater, 150 feet above the surrounding plain, measures ...

The crater is thought to be 31 kilometers (19 miles) wide, making it one of the 25 largest impact craters on Earth. The object that caused it was likely an iron asteroid about 1.5 kilometers (0.9 ...

A science museum in Georgia is studying a piece of a meteor that blazed over the Southeast last week and was later recovered ...

Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact struck with such force that it carved out a vast crater, later buried ...

At Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, visitors can dig for gems like jasper, quartz, and diamonds—best of all, they can keep what they find.

The legendary Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine story is told through fascinating exhibits and artifacts. The grounds feature historic buildings rescued from old Western movie sets that once filmed nearby.