The peak of the Geminids meteor shower is coming up this month. Here’s how you can catch this annual phenomenon.

Geminid meteors will compete with the full moon, but they could light up December skies. Here's a look at what to know.

In 2015, David Hole discovered a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite in Maryborough, Australia. Initially mistaking it for a gold ...

Significantly, Dr. Daigo Shoji, of JAXA, notes that microscopic meteoroids (micrometeoroids) as small as 2 nanometers in size have the power to cause damage to Ryugu. This is because the particles ...

“The Geminids are the star of the show for December,” said Kat Troche, a NASA solar system ambassador. “All you have to do is ...

As December rolls in, skywatchers are in for a celestial treat with two prominent meteor showers lighting the night sky.

An asteroid that fell to Earth and exploded above Canada in 2022 was only around 20 inches wide — the smallest space rock ...

On Friday, a meteor exploded 32,000 feet above the Chelyabinsk ... Video footage of the meteorites, while mesmerizing, is also terrifying. It "appeals to our most primitive fears," tweeted The ...

Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through ... trip to Earth without burning up in the atmosphere, they are called meteorites, per NASA. The pieces of space debris that interact with our ...

The Taurids travel at speeds of 65,000mph - but this is relatively slow for a meteor shower and is expected ... are expected to produce very bright meteors. Experts say the astronomical event ...

A meteor that exploded in a spectacular fireball over Niagara Falls in 2022 was the smallest asteroid ever measured, a new ...