At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center; and M. Breukers and C. Johannink, Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS), BeNeLux, report that the chi Cygnids meteor shower (IAU ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has made another strange discovery. While investigating the Vernodden area of Jezero Crater – ...

Recent exploration missions have hinted at the widespread presence of the magnetic iron-oxide mineral hematite in the Moon's ...

On October 30 and November 1, Daichi Fujii, an astronomy curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan, used his telescope to capture pinprick-sized flashes on the shaded side of the moon. Were the ...

WASHINGTON — Three meteor showers will light up the sky in November, giving stargazers a potentially action-packed month. The Taurids will peak on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The meteor shower consists of the ...

Some people were treated to an astral spectacle late Wednesday night, as a "fireball meteor" flashed across the night sky in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin. WCCO viewer Diane Lloyd captured footage ...

In the beginning, Earth was a violent place with no atmosphere to soften the blow. About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact ...

An apparent meteor lit up the sky – and social media – in Flagler Beach, Monday, Oct. 27, as it blazed through the sky. Resident Jen Efford told The News-Journal that she and her husband noticed posts ...

Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a surprise: fragments of a rare type of meteorite that could help to piece ...

Oct. 23 (UPI) --An Indiana man visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas spotted something shiny on his shovel and confirmed it was a 2.71-carat white diamond. Paoli resident Dewy White said ...

The Orionid meteor shower peaked on the nights of Oct. 21-23, delighting lucky stargazers with a gorgeous natural fireworks display as debris from Halley's Comet collided with Earth's atmosphere to ...