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How to watch the Taurid meteor showers peak this weekend and nextThe modest Northern Taurid and Southern Taurid meteor showers peak on separate days over the next week. Here's how to get the most out of the annual display of shooting stars and fireballs.
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Is NASA's OSIRIS REx asteroid sample the most expensive material on Earth?NASA's OSIRIS REx mission cost $1.16 billion for just under 9 ounces of asteroid dust. But it's hardly the most expensive material in science. Here's where it ranks.
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Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to get the best views
The Orionid meteor shower will peak this weekend. Here's when to get the best view.
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Enormous fireball meteor turns the sky over Turkey green in eerie viral videoA stunning bright-green fireball was captured by a phone camera in a playground in Turkey.
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Crystal-studded space rock found in the Sahara may rewrite the history of the early solar systemThe rocks were found in May 2020 in the Erg Chech sand sea, in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria.
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10 dazzling photos of the Perseid meteor shower, 2023The peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower fell on Aug. 13, and photographers around the world were ready for it.
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Perseid meteor shower peak on Aug. 12 and 13 will be the 'best in years.' Here's how to watch.As many as 100 'shooting stars' per hour will be visible during the moonless peak of the Perseids on Aug. 12 and 13.
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How to watch the Delta Aquariids meteor shower kick off 'shooting star' season this weekendAs many as 20 'shooting stars' per hour will fall during the peak of the Delta Aquariid meteor shower this weekend, but August's Perseid meteor shower will be far more impressive.
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World's 1st 'boomerang meteorite' — a rock that left Earth, spent millennia in space, then returned — possibly discovered in the Sahara DesertThe composition of an unusual meteorite suggests that it formed on Earth, spent thousands of years in space, then reentered the atmosphere. But some experts disagree.
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