This year, the Orionid meteor shower is set to peak between Monday, Oct. 20 and Tuesday, Oct. 21, according to the Planetary ...

Sara Russell is a researcher in cosmic mineralogy and planetary sciences at the Natural History Museum in London. From vacuuming cathedral rooftops to traversing the frozen wastes of Antarctica, ...

What happens when two carbon-rich space rocks slam into each other? You'd expect to see clear signs of impact in the ensuing meteorites — but for over 30 years, scientists have puzzled over why ...