Wikimedia This mountain town occupies the Middlesboro Basin, which sounds like a boring geography term until you learn that ...

Dante’s vision of Hell may echo the physics of a massive asteroid strike, offering a new way to read the Inferno.

This moth Meteor Crater started offering guided hikes into the crater's floor, allowing visitors to follow the paths NASA ...

South Africa's Vredefort crater, the Earth's largest proven meteorite impact site, defies the typical circular depression ...

An exclusive, challenging hike at Meteor Crater is the closest thing to walking on the moon without going there. What hikes include and what it costs.

An exclusive, challenging hike is now available to guests visiting Meteor Crater. Here's how to visit the bottom like the ...

Two meteor showers, the Southern delta Aquarids and the alpha Capricornids, will peak simultaneously from July 30-31. The Perseids, considered the best meteor shower of the year, will peak between ...

Early birds are in for a celestial treat this week as activity from the Eta Aquariid meteor shower heats up — but they’ll need to keep sharp eyes on the sky. The shower will peak between Tuesday and ...

The Hoba Meteorite. Image via Wiki Commons. The Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known natural piece of iron on Earth, weighing about 60 metric tons today. By simple logic and physics, a metal ...

Space lovers and skywatchers have much to look forward to this month, with a plethora of activity already occurring in April. Beginning on April 21 and 22, the annual Lyrid meteor shower will occur ...

ANACORTES, Wash. — Dozens of people on social media are asking, "What was that?" after seeing something strange falling from the sky overnight. What some described as a bright flash in the sky early ...

Many New Yorkers likely looked up to the sky this week in hopes of seeing the flashing lights of meteors as the Lyrids shower reached its most active state of 2026. The Lyrids meteor shower, which ...