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Martian Meteor Collision May Have Triggered a 1,000-Foot Tsunami
By Isobel Whitcomb published
A 90-mile-wide scar on the Martian landscape is potential "ground zero."
Look Up! Dazzling Double Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
By Chelsea Gohd published
The Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids will speckle the night sky tonight. Don't miss the show.
Football-Size Meteorite May Have Landed in an Indian Rice Field
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
The strange magnetic rock was the size of a football.
These Ghostly Blue Clouds Only Appear at Night — And They're Made of Meteors
By Brandon Specktor published
When ice grabs onto bits of meteor dust high in the atmosphere, it forms a show of light and cloud like no other.
Cyanide-Laced Meteorites May Have Seeded Earth's First Life
By Stephanie Pappas published
Researchers have found cyanide on primitive meteorites.
Icy Martian Clouds Are Formed from the 'Smoke' of Dead Meteors, Study Claims
By Brandon Specktor published
The wispy, blue ice clouds of Mars are actually made of pulverized meteors, a new study claims.
Biggest Meteorite Impact in the UK Found Buried in Water and Rock
By Passant Rabie published
Scientists have finally located the site of the biggest meteorite collision in the U.K.
Earth's Oldest Meteorite Collection Just Found in the Driest Place on the Planet
By Brandon Specktor published
Researchers scouring the desert for space rocks found the oldest collection of meteorites on Earth.
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