A fireball soared over Mexico City in the early hours of April 16. It wasn't a meteorite, though — it was a bolide, a much brighter object that explodes when it penetrates the atmosphere but doesn't ...

Did you see something unusual in the sky last night? You may have caught a rare meteor shower caused by debris from Halley's ...

The Aquarids, a meteor shower famous for its speedy balls of space debris that streak across the night sky, is due to peak in early May. The ETA Aquarids reliably becomes most active around early ...

An ancient meteorite strike hit what is now Scotland significantly later than previously thought, scientists say. The finding ...

The 2025 Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight Monday, April 21, into the morning of Tuesday, April 22, according to NASA. During the Lyrids' peak, 10 to 20 fast and bright meteors can ...

"We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the surrounding highly shocked rock material into space." What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other?

a meteorite sample, along with several precious stones, was sent by Dr. Mohammadali Makkizadeh, one of the prominent professors of petrology, to the laboratory, adding with studies conducted on the ...

The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known meteor showers, is at its peak and will continue through April 26. Conditions to watch the meteor shower at its peak will be nearly ideal in ...

Water is essential to life as we know it, but scientists are still unsure about how it originated on Earth. One theory is that asteroids express-shipped us hydrogen, essential to the formation of ...

Additional tests on the meteorite are currently being performed ... Mazurek will consider investing in a real doorstop. Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment ...

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The Lyrid meteor shower has been active since April 17, but the bright fireballs have yet to hit their peak in activity while streaking through the sky. That peak is forecast to last for two ...