Recent sighting of spacecraft and debris burning through the atmosphere during their plummet back to Earth offer some clues ...

"We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the surrounding highly shocked rock material into space." ...

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

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The Kobe University ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The Kobe University ...

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

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

In carbon-containing meteorites, impacts create extremely hot carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gases (yellow). Kurosawa says: “We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to ...

You'd expect to see clear signs of impact in the ensuing meteorites — but for over 30 ... larger bodies like the dwarf planet Ceres should have enough gravity to to pull the ejected material ...