The 2024 Perseid meteor shower is active from about July 17 to Sept. 1, peaking between Aug. 11 and Aug. 13. “What might be 50-70 meteors an hour at a dark site on the morning of August 13th ...

Meteor Crater was created more than 50,000 years ago by a massive meteor strike near Winslow, Arizona. Visitors can ... east of downtown Flagstaff. The site is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during ...

Some 50,000 years ago, a meteor struck near what is now Flagstaff, Arizona, leaving a 560-foot-deep crater. More recently, an ...

Meteor Crater in Arizona is considered the best-preserved meteorite impact site, made by an approximately 150-foot-wide meteorite about 50,000 years ago. Could a person be hit by a meteorite?

Many of the meteoritic fragments around Arizona's Meteor Crater (and also three other meteorites) contain bits of diamond. These inclusions provide information on the history of the meteorites ...