Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what happens when meteors strike Earth, ...

NASA has identified a 225-metre-wide crater on the Moon formed by a rare meteor in April–May 2024, a phenomenon expected only ...

A 225-meter-wide crater quietly formed on the moon in 2024, only to be discovered months later in orbital images. The event, ...

The moon's heavily cratered surface serves as a testament to how Earth's closest celestial neighbor has become a figurative magnet for space rocks during its 4.5 billion-year history. One of the best ...

Perseverance’s challenging three-and-a-half month climb out of Jezero Crater has definitely been worth it, with NASA reportedly discovering a fascinating array of rocks worthy of detailed examination.

A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin ...

Scientists have simulated the formation of a giant crater on Asteroid 16 Psyche to predict what the space rock looks like on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After two decades of debate, researchers say they finally have definitive proof that the Silverpit Crater, a buried structure in ...

An all-female research group, As Meteoriticas, scours the South American country’s interior aiming to preserve meteorites for scientific study and public display. From right, Elizabeth Zucolotto, ...

CAREY, Idaho — It's where black lava rock stretches for miles, broken only by the flowers that bloom in the cracks. This is a place so unique, it could pass for another celestial body. Except it's not ...

In the summer of 2024, a robotic mission landed for the first time on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock and soil, and brought ...