Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system. What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid? It’s all ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - There are many things in space for us to see in the night sky. There are also many things we don't know until they hit our atmosphere. Yes, the ...

Meteoroid impacts represent one of the most dynamic interactions between extraterrestrial bodies and the Earth’s atmosphere. When meteoroids enter the atmosphere, they experience rapid deceleration ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A newly released photograph from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was taken at the same ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Little ...

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LROC) was launched back in June 2008 to study the Moon. It was created with two Narrow Angle Cameras (NACs) and the Wide Angle Camera to capture high-resolution ...

Researchers from NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, report that streams of meteoroids striking the Moon infuse the thin lunar atmosphere with a short ...

NASA on Thursday shared its observations of a meteoriod impact on Mars that occurred last year – by far the largest meteriod impact the agency has observed on the Red Planet, and one that helped ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images that provide evidence of a meteoroid crashing into Martian land and causing an avalanche. Using the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment ...

NASA's InSight lander may have had its last hurrah. Researchers have learned that a marsquake the lander detected in Mars' Amazonis Planitia region on December 24th, 2021 was actually a meteoroid ...