“We’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or ‘planetesimals’, must form further back in time at earlier stages of the protoplanetary disc,” Melissa explains. “Now, for the first time, ...

While we haven't hit peak viewing yet, the Perseids meteor shower is already streaking across night skies. Sign up for our ...

There’s really no substitute for ‘ground truth,’ and the Martian meteorites represent the only known samples from that planet.” In those words, geochemist Ralph Harvey encapsulates the scientific ...

Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just more than $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects Wednesday in New York. But a rare young dinosaur ...

The Perseid meteor shower, active from July 17 to August 23, peaks on August 12-13, potentially offering 50-75 meteors per ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the brightest and fastest meteor showers of the year, and is set to peak within a month ...

A spirited 15-minute bidding war between online and phone participants ultimately landed the ultra-rare specimen with an ...

Dubbed the "best meteor shower of the year" by NASA, the Perseids are about to appear over Australia tonight - here's how to ...

The Perseids, considered by astronomers to be the best meteor shower of the year, are about to begin. The meteor shower occurs annually from about July 17 to Aug. 23, typically peaking in mid-August, ...

Summer is one of the best times to see a meteor shower. Here's why.