More than 50,000 meteorites have been found on Earth, scientists say, but only one has been documented to have hit a person. On June 26, when people across several states in the South reported seeing ...

Researchers may have answered one of space science's long-running questions -- and it could change our understanding of how life began. Carbon-rich asteroids are abundant in space yet make up less ...

People often use the words meteor and meteorite interchangeably, usually when describing a bright streak of light crossing ...

Space Rock Games has raised $1.2 million for a video game studio working on a game called Criminals Within. The interesting thing is that the company is based in Auckland, New Zealand, as it’s ...

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artur Debat / Getty Images An landscape image of the planet Mars. A rock from Mars is going up for auction at Sotheby's and is ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Limited time: Save ...

New Zealand game studio Space Rock Games has raised $900,000 from its latest funding rounds. The developer has now amassed $1.2 million from investments as Hillfarrance Venture Capital led the funding ...

A new live show, "Fraggle Rock:" A Space-y Adventure," has debuted at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The show, which was created in partnership with The Jim Henson Company, features the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA has been tracking a house-sized asteroid in the vicinity of Earth ...