A brilliant meteor streak is captured as it plunges through Earth's atmosphere over Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, ...

The fall of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite was no ordinary event. It came from a nearly vertical angle, about 81 degrees steep, ...

Just off I-40 near Route 66 lies one of Earth’s most dramatic scars—Meteor Crater. Formed 50,000 years ago by a fiery impact, ...

The Vatican Observatory highlights NASA’s DART mission, which successfully altered an asteroid’s orbit to help protect Earth ...

The Vatican Observatory is teaming up with global scientists to help defend Earth from asteroid impacts! Yes, planetary defense is real—and vital.

Memorial day weekend promises stunning space views. Here’s how to catch a breathtaking view of the Milky Way in Arizona this ...

“Meteor is a phase, and not an actual thing. It’s a transient, luminescent event,” said Eric Christensen, a University of Arizona astronomer. “A meteoroid is what’s in space and passes ...

Beyond the vintage diners and roadside kitsch, Route 66 passes stunning natural attractions from Missouri caves to Arizona ...

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt and scientists want Tucsonans to help them look for the space rocks. At 7:11 Tuesday night a large meteor entered the earth’s atmosphere northeast of ...

A mysterious beam of light seen in the night sky over Arizona and neighboring states was likely caused by a Chinese rocket, ...

PHOENIX — Several highway improvement projects in northern Arizona are set to begin this summer. One of those projects will ...

Champion identified the find as a pallasite meteorite, which are believed to ... to the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University. These meteorites are extremely rare and ...