Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter ...

The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known of the annual showers, peaks this year with only some small interference ...

Comets and meteors have been raining debris on Earth for billions of years, and scientists think they just may be the vehicles that carried the "stuff of life" to the planet. Early Earth was ...

The film explores the origins and characteristics of comets, meteors, and asteroids, which are minor members of our solar system formed from leftover material after the planets. It explains how ...

According to NASA, all meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the trail of debris left by a comet or asteroid — and for the Ursids in particular, that would be Comet 8P/Tuttle.

If you're hoping to spot some celestial activity this spring in Texas, two meteor showers will soon give you the chance.

a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid? It’s all about location and size. Roughly speaking, an asteroid is a relatively small body (that isn’t a comet), usually rocky or metallic ...