In a floppy sun hat and pink shirt, Albin tests the meteorite with a rare earth magnet attached to a metal pole. It gives a faint hint of magnetic attraction, its nickel iron flecks pulling it ...

Henry County Emergency Management said a resident claimed a rock went through the roof into their home on Thursday.

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — After a suspected meteor fell in metro Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, people in the area are hoping to ...

People from North Florida to North Carolina reported a bright streak and fireball across the sky Thursday. Here's what to ...

Sonic booms were widely reported along the ground track of the fireball, NASA said. Several meteorites have reportedly been ...

Richard Jakiel fell in love with outer space as a kid, and his enthusiasm never waned. Now 67, the Lithia Springs man, who has taught astronomy in Cobb County high schools and at universities, plans ...

Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger prints in their surface called “regmaglypts.” Fusion crust: stony ...

Fireballs fall on the Earth every day—but the one that just streaked across the southeastern U.S. this week was unlike the rest. Here’s why.

Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay ...

A meteoroid is a piece of rock that’s broken off an asteroid or comet in outer space. But once it enters the Earth’s ...

Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...