Meteorites
Possible Meteorite Fragments from 1908 Tunguska Explosion Found
The 1908 explosion over the Tunguska region in Siberia has always been an enigma. While the leading theories of what…
Warning Shot: a “Bullet Hole” on the ISS
Canadian astronaut and Expedition 35 commander Chris Hadfield just shared this photo on Twitter, showing a portion of one of…
Cosmic C.S.I.: Searching for the Origins of the Solar System in Two Grains of Sand
"The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches…
Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of a House in Connecticut
A rock that crashed through a house in Connecticut last weekend has been confirmed to be a meteorite. Homeowner Larry…
The Curious History of the Lyrid Meteor Shower
Today we residents of planet Earth meet up with a meteor stream with a strange and bizarre past. The Lyrid…
Friday Night Lights: Fireball Lights Up the U.S. East Coast
Last night a bright meteor was spotted up and down the northern mid-Atlantic United States from Maryland to Manhattan to…
Russian Asteroid Explosion and Past Impactors Paint a Potentially Grim Future for Earth
The recent meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk brought to the forefront a topic that has worried astronomers for years, namely that an impactor…
Giant Ancient Impact Crater Confirmed in Iowa
A monster lurks under northeastern Iowa. That monster is in the form of a giant buried basin, the result of…
Big Meteorite Chunk Found in Russia’s Ural Mountains
Scientists and meteorites hunters have been on a quest to find bits of rock from the asteroid which exploded over…
Astronomers Calculate Orbit and Origins of Russian Fireball
Just a week after a huge fireball streaked across the skies of the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, astronomers published a…