A meteorite crashed through a Texas home after a fireball lit up Houston skies—learn how NASA tracked this rare impact event.

Scientists explain how simple chemicals, deep sea vents, and meteor impacts may have helped life begin on Earth.

A rare meteorite impact in Texas has drawn national attention after a space rock crashed through a residential roof, ...

Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands ...

Early in the morning of October 6, 2008, astronomers at the University of Arizona detected an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. When other sightings cropped up across the world, the ...

A few days ago, many across Ohio, Pennsylvania and the surrounding region looked up — or simply heard — something unusual. A ...

What if the biggest asteroid hit us? This video explores the potential impact of a large asteroid collision with Earth. It ...

The event that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn't all bad. The low-light environment caused by the meteor impact some 66 million years ago favored the spread of fungi that feed on organic matter, which ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater. Located in Western Australia, the crater has been dated to about 3.5 billion years ago, at a time when these almost ...

What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...

It's hard enough to see a meteorite strike on Earth: Most of the bits of space debris that survive entry into the atmosphere plunge into the ocean, which covers about 70 percent of the planet. The ...