Earthly rocks or products that are often mistaken for meteorites: metalliferous slags (mostly porous) sulphidic sedimentary nodules (made of pyrite or marcasite) Concretions of haematite or magnetite ...

A meteorite that struck northwestern Scotland about a billion years ago may have collided 200 million years later than initially believed. New research from Curtin University in Australia analyzed ...

One of the greatest annual meteor showers, the ETA Aquarids, is set to peak this week and light up the sky with blazing streaks of light. Following closely on the heels of the Lyrid meteor shower ...

BIR MOGHREIN, Mauritania — You may have seen a meteorite before, even if you didn’t know it. Nearly 100,000 pounds of meteoritic matter enters Earth’s atmosphere every day, scientists estimate.

Conditions look to be relatively ideal for viewing the Aquarids on both nights of the meteor shower's peak activity. The meteor shower not only follows closely on the heels of the Lyrid meteors ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight! Here's how and when to catch one of nature's most spectacular light shows, courtesy of Halley's comet. Southern hemisphere skywatchers will have ...

We've discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously thought. Our results are published today in the journal Geology. This ...

Water is essential to life as we know it, but scientists are still unsure about how it originated on Earth. One theory is that asteroids express-shipped us hydrogen, essential to the formation of ...

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower has reached its peak — and you’ll need to get up early to see this celestial show. However, it’s the last meteor shower until late July, and is considered to ...

This week, the Eta Aquarids annual meteor shower will reach its peak. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower began on April 20 and is known to peak in early May. This year, it will become most active ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will light up the sky Monday, May 5 with a chance to see pieces of Halley's comet streak through the night sky. Here's what to know and when to watch. The annual Eta ...