The meteor shower is caused by dust particles from comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher). It's expected to produce up to 15 meteors per ...

Meteorites carry clues that are pivotal in exploring the history of our Solar System ... tend to contain carbon compounds and water. The appearance of chondrites that crash into a larger planetary ...

Many residents were quick to assume it was a meteorite, but scientists in Mexico have offered a more specific explanation: the bright light in the sky was a bolide. April Will Have 2 Meteor ...

giving them the appearance of a shooting star. While most meteors burn up as they fall toward Earth, some survive the trip and are then considered meteorites. The Lyrids can be surprising ...

The pieces of a meteorite that fell in Costa Rica in 2019 are so unusual that scientists believe it had moved through space relatively unscathed — that is, until it encountered our planet.

See its final resting place here. Residents in the Queensland’s southwest couldn’t believe their eyes when the sky lit up on Monday night, as a meteorite fell towards Earth. Many in the ...

But the meteorites had a slightly unusual appearance. "The Aguas Zarcas fall produced an amazing selection of fusion-crusted stones with a wide range of shapes," said meteor scientist Laurence ...

The meteorite’s outer surface bore a sculpted, dimpled appearance, a result of its fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere. The Maryborough meteorite, named after the town where it was found ...