Two meteor showers, both streams of debris from the same massive object that broke apart 20,000 years ago, are happening at ...

But from where exactly are these space rocks coming? New research has the answer. By studying the composition of meteorites ...

The papers trace the origin of most meteorites to just a handful of asteroid breakup events—and possibly even individual asteroids. In turn, they build our understanding of the events that ...

Earth is constantly getting pummeled by meteorites. We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before they hit the ground. Every now and again, though, something larger gets ...

The other rocks approaching our planet are 2015 HM1, 2024 TP17, and 2024 TR6. Asteroids 2002 NV16 and 2024 TR6 will make ...

New research indicates that the Taurid swarm contains fewer large asteroids than anticipated, suggesting a lower threat level ...

The Massalia asteroid family, a population of asteroids that share similar ... Beyond tracing the origin of these space rocks, studying meteorites up close can reveal insights into the chaotic ...

When asteroids collide out in the asteroid ... Marsset and his colleagues dated the argon isotope ratios in tiny bits of meteorite found in rock layers from the time. Then they compared those ...

The studies showed that while the Massalia asteroid family accounts for the majority of known Earth meteorites, the Karin family and the Koronis family account for a class of meteorites called H ...

Over 3 billion years ago the S2 impact event occurred on Earth, boiling the oceans. But in new research, scientists found it ...

But from where exactly are these space rocks coming? New research has the answer. By studying the composition of meteorites that have landed over the years and the asteroids populating our solar ...