Some fragments plummeted into a Henry County home, leaving behind a hole in the ceiling about the size of a golf ball and a crack in a laminate floor.

Meteorites from Mars have fallen to Earth over the ages. See photos of these rare Martian space rocks in this SPACE.com gallery.

Henry County Emergency Management said a resident claimed a rock went through the roof into their home on Thursday.

The small meteor lit up the night sky on Thursday and may have landed as meteorites across a vast area of the west Highlands.

Perseid meteor shower: See photos of celestial show during peak activity Perseids, considered the best meteor shower of the year, reached peak activity Sunday night. Some even caught the northern ...

The Perseid meteor shower occurs over several nights in mid-August, peaking on 11 August. This very bright meteor was captured by camera in Haputale, Sri Lanka last week.

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

The people at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History were nice enough to give a couple members of the Chemistry in Pictures team a behind-the-scenes look at their mineral ...

Some of the best images taken by Reuters photographers from across the continent.

People look to the skies worldwide to glimpse the Perseid meteor shower in August 2024.