The auction house said it was 70 percent bigger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth. Only around 400 Martian meteorites have ever been found on Earth. Cassandra Hat ...

The Perseid Meteor Shower, considered one of the best of the year, is visible in the northern hemisphere now until August 23, with a peak around August 12 and 13, offering the chance to see up to 100 ...

An auction in New York City featured rare geological artifacts, including the largest piece of Mars sold for $5.3 million and ...

The annual alpha Capricornids, the Southern delta Aquariids and the Perseid meteor showers are all currently active ...

The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending.

The team of physicists from The University of Arizona say they were motivated by the possibility of Compact Ultradense Objects (CUDOs) with a mass density greater than Osmium, the densest naturally ...

NASA has identified a 210-foot, airplane-sized asteroid approaching Earth today, although scientists assure it will not ...

The Earth is currently edging into three active meteor debris fields: the Southern Delta Aquariids, the Alpha Capricornids and the Perseids.

The word inertia has two different definitions, even though they really are the same. The first is a tendency to do nothing ...

Meenakshi Wadhwa was recruited from Arizona State University, where she’s been serving as director of the School of Earth and ...

An asteroid is labelled risky if it comes within 7.4 million kilometres and measures more than 85 metres across.

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.