A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so we may be able to knock them off course and avoid disaster.

Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...

Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by ...

A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from United States national security planners, not because of its economic promise, but because of the technical problems it is ...

In a new paper, an international team of researchers revisited the idea of blowing up an incoming asteroid with a nuclear ...

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected.

Opening its doors for the first time in March, the Meteorite Museum in Pulpi offers a one-of-a-kind experience. With more than 100 meteorites on display, there is nothing else like it across the ...

A few of the orange-colored carbonate globules found in ALH84001. This 1.6-ounce (46-gram) meteorite, a part of the Tissint meteorite that landed in Morocco in July 2011, fetched $43,750 at a public ...

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

Imagine sipping your coffee when suddenly – BOOM! A sonic tremor rattles your home. That’s exactly what happened to one McDonough resident when a meteorite the size of a cherry tomato punched through ...

On February 9, 1913, hundreds of fireball meteors rained down on North America for no apparent reason. This strange event is ...