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 ...

In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published ...

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 ...