Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.

Robert Ward displays a meteorite found in Africa as he searches here for similar rocks. The pieces may be no heavier than 50 grams. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily St ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

A monumental discovery has revealed that an asteroid struck the East Coast of North America roughly 35 million years ago, ...

Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact ...

The legendary Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine story is told through fascinating exhibits and artifacts. The grounds feature historic buildings rescued from old Western movie sets that once filmed nearby.

Tucked into the mountains of southern Arizona, Bisbee was once the richest mining town in the state. The museum sits in a ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

It only took Ed Albin a few steps on Sunday to spot it as he wandered onto an empty construction site in Henry County, about ...

The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball sighting from observers in Georgia and South ...