Collecting meteorites on Earth is often described as the cheapest form of space exploration. Scientists now have over five ...

Scientists in Australia have identified what they believe to be the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, a finding that could reshape understanding of Earth's history and the origins of life.

On Sunday November 2, people in eastern Victoria witnessed a bright streak across the sky followed by a loud sonic boom that ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 billion-year-old, 43-mile-wide Yarrabubba crater. Researchers at Curtin University and the ...

It’s a bird. … It’s a plane. … It’s a meteor? Multiple people in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland reported seeing a large fireball dropping in the sky before 6 a.m. on Thursday ...

Andrew Melville-Smith was left covered in glass when an unidentified object smashed into his windscreen — and now scientists are investigating whether it was a meteorite.

An impact crater, believed to be associated with the “Great Dying,” the largest extinction event in the history of life on Earth — much earlier than the extinction of the dinosaurs — appears to be ...

Discovery and ancient beliefs -- Anatomy of a crater -- A meteoritic footprint -- How was Wolfe Creek Crater formed? -- Australia's impact record. The crater map of Australia -- Why formed by a ...

At 10:58 AM on Sept. 28, 1969, residents of the small farming community of Murchison, Victoria, in Australia, heard a series of loud booms. The noise was accompanied by a strong smell and a streak of ...

A fireball in the sky was captured by surveillance cameras in southern Australia. The huge ball of light is believed to be from a meteor shower. Hundreds of people reported seeing the meteor vaporize ...