Meteorites don't just burn up. A new study reveals the seven stages a space rock goes through before it hits the ground.

Every year, James Karner travels to Antarctica as the principal investigator of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites to find ...

Meteorites called Saint-Pierre-le-Viger fell that day and were later recovered. Credit: G. de Reijke. A meteoroid is a small ...

What happens to a space rock as it falls through Earth's atmosphere and becomes a meteorite? By studying 75 meteorite falls captured on video and in photographs, researchers identified seven distinct ...

Most shooting stars and meteors we see in meteor showers are tiny fragments, but larger rocks are fireballs. When a space ...

A stony meteorite in NASA Ames Research Center's Arcjet Interaction Heating Facility. A thin black line outlines the holder that supports the stone (left). Air flow is from left to right. Melt flows ...

A study of 75 meteorite falls has revealed how space rocks survive their violent passage through Earth’s atmosphere, showing ...

The Perseid meteor shower begins on July 17 alongside two others, making "shooting stars" likely any night this month and next. The 2026 Perseid meteor shower is active from tonight and peaks ...

Coinciding with this month's New Moon, the peak of the Perseids could put on the best show we've seen from this meteor shower in years!

A rare meteorite that crashed through a New Jersey roof contains evidence of ancient salty fluids, organic compounds, and amino acids from a primitive asteroid. Its pristine chemistry could offer new ...

Discover how a meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home reveals ancient brine chemistry linked to life's earliest ...

On August 16, as the Perseid meteor shower dazzles the skies, we revisit the 1888 Sulaymaniyah tragedy, the world’s only confirmed death by a falling meteorite. The Perseid meteor shower is still ...