Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

The object, identified as a fireball, "exploded 27 miles above West Forest, Georgia, unleashing an energy of about 20 tons of TNT," per CBS News.

The brilliant flash, which was accompanied by a sonic boom that many mistook for an earthquake, resulted in hundreds of calls ...

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive ...

Asteroids are composed of metals and rock, whereas comets also contain ice and dust. The Kuiper belt is a collection of such bodies that orbits at the edge of the solar system.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the moon in December 2032 have increased to 4.3%.