Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

This discovery challenges our understanding of Earth’s early history and could shed light on the origins of life.

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...

The oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth (3.5 billion years old) has been discovered in Western Australia's Pilbara region ...

Researchers say they have found "unequivocal evidence" that a meteorite smashed into Earth 3.47 billion years ago, ...

Previously, the Vredefort Dome had been the only dated impact structure. The 2 billion-year-old crater can be found in South ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to the sun, is probably shedding comets and asteroids into our solar system — and even producing a few meteors in our sky. Located just 4.3 light-years ...