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 prolific Perseid meteor shower put on quite the show and we've rounded up some of the best photos from around the ... through debris — bits of ice and rock — left behind by Comet Swift ...

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 ...

New photos of the Martian landscape further rule out a meteorite impact as the culprit behind the "jelly doughnut" rock that mysteriously appeared in front of one of NASA's Mars rovers last month.

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 ...