Northern Argentina’s Campo del Cielo is where the world's largest mass of meteorites has been found. And it has also been ...
The breakthrough technique, described in a yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, finds such space rocks by detecting the crumb-like ...
Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new ...
Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...
They appear to have been formed by 10 or more related space rocks including the comet 2P/Encke. One hypothesis is that Comet ...
The Taurid meteors will appear to originate from the constellation of Taurus, hence their name, but they will be visible from anywhere in the night sky. Taurus will rise in the eastern sky around ...
The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies — and will peak a week apart. The ...
These two dates are when the meteor showers are at their height of activity, although they’ll be around for much longer than a single night. The South Taurids run from around September 23 to November ...
Meteor showers are usually most visible between midnight and predawn hours. It’s easier to see shooting stars under dark skies, away from city lights. Meteor showers also appear brightest on cloudless ...