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Home security footage shows a meteorite smashing into the ground right where the owner was standing only moments before.

Video Shows Meteorite Smashing Ground Right Where Man Had Been Standing

By Frank Landymore

Irish TV station Virgin Media News broadcasted a breaking news segment about a "mysterious crater. Turns out it was a hole dug by locals.

Irish TV Crew Films Segment on “Mysterious Crater” That Turns Out to Be Hole Dug by Local “Lads”

By Victor Tangermann

A fellow scientist is not convinced that Harvard's resident UFO-hunter found evidence of interstellar debris at the bottom of the Pacific.

Scientists Says Those Interstellar Debris May Be Something Totally Different

By Noor Al-Sibai

Earlier this week, reports emerged of a woman in France who was reportedly struck by a meteorite. Experts have their doubts.

Expert Says Rock That Hit Woman Was NOT a Meteorite

By Victor Tangermann

A woman in France was reportedly struck by a tiny, rebounding piece of meteorite while chatting with a friend over a cup of coffee.

Woman Reportedly Struck by Meteorite While Drinking Coffee

By Victor Tangermann

A possible meteorite struck a house in Hopewell, New Jersey on Monday — and incredibly, the decently-sized, maybe-space-rock is still intact.

Cops Say Meteorite Appears to Have Smashed New Jersey House

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Winchcombe meteorite was kept pristine and avoided earthly contamination, making the discovery of amino acids inside all the more compelling.

Science & Energy

Scientists Find Building Blocks of Life in Meteor That Smashed Into Family’s Driveway

By Frank Landymore

Researchers discovered that a meteorite contained water just like Earth's, bolstering the theory that our planet got water from other meteorites like it.

Science & Energy

Evidence Grows That Soggy Meteorites Gave Earth Its Oceans

By Frank Landymore

In an unprecedented experiment, two teams of scientists have replicated a material that was, until recently, not produced anywhere on Earth.

Science & Energy

Scientists Reproduce Fascinating, Powerful Material Found in Meteorite

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's InSight lander detected a magnitude 4 marsquake on Christmas Eve last year, which turned out to be a massive meteorite impact.

Meteorite Hit Mars So Hard NASA Thought It Was a Quake

By Victor Tangermann

If you're worried about NASA's plan to bring Mars rocks back to Earth to study them, you probably don't need to be, scientists say.

Mars Rock Samples Probably Won’t Infect Earth With Deadly Martian Plague, Scientist Says

By Noor Al-Sibai

A doghouse with a seven inch hole in its roof created by a meteorite is being auctioned on world renowned auction house Christie's.

Meteor Smashes Through Doghouse, Almost Kills German Shephard

By Victor Tangermann

Ruth Hamilton was woken up by a meteorite smashing through her roof, landing inches from where she was sleeping moments prior.

Science & Energy

Woman Almost Smashed by Meteorite That Crashed Through Ceiling and Landed on Her Bed

By Victor Tangermann

A larger than usual meteor hurtled over Norway on Monday night, lighting up the sky over most of southern Scandinavia.

Video Shows Massive Meteor Lighting Up Entire Night Sky

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Spacecraft Finds Evidence of Ancient Rivers on Asteroid

Science & Energy

NASA Spacecraft Finds Evidence of Ancient Rivers on Asteroid

By Victor Tangermann

Chondrules, mysterious spherical bubbles found in meteorites, could have an incredibly-hellish origin story from the beginning of the solar system.

Science & Energy

Planets With Oceans of Lava May Have Given Us Meteorites

By Dan Robitzski