The hottest new hotel amenity is 400 light-years away – and it might be the most compelling reason yet to book a winter ...

A University of Colorado Boulder study has found that a rare type of meteorite likely came from a giant, ancient protoplanet ...

As the director of the Peters Observatory at Hamilton College, I have seen many similar streaks across the sky, as I spend ...

Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky?

Have you ever been out at night and seen a streak of light blast across the sky and disappear? Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky? As the director of the ...

Much of modern astronomy revolves around the study of strange alien worlds—from the sun’s retinue of satellites to the thousands of known exoplanets orbiting other stars. But what about a world that ...

A slice of the rare angrite meteorite NWA 12774 shows olivine crystal (green), a mineral rich in magnesium. John Kashuba A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite found in the Sahara Desert could be evidence ...

We’re used to a lot of different natural things falling out of the sky. These can include snow, rain, and sometimes even frogs (yes, really). All of these relate to weather phenomena. Far more exotic ...

People often use the words meteor and meteorite interchangeably, usually when describing a bright streak of light crossing the night sky. The distinction is simple, though the objects involved are ...

An ancient meteorite impact in Western Australia’s Goldfields may have redistributed gold while leaving behind rare geological evidence of one of Earth’s violent collisions. Researchers led by former ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) As the director of the Peters Observatory at Hamilton College, I have seen many ...