A famous meteorite that landed near Johnstown Cemetery 100 years ago is returning to where it first hit Earth. The Johnstown Historical Society is hosting the “I Landed In Johnstown” Centennial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Colo. (KDVR) — It was a birthday party 100 years in the making in Johnstown. Residents celebrated the day a meteorite ...

The largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth is being auctioned off later this month and could fetch up to $4 million. One of only 400 of its kind ever found, the hunk of red-hued space rock was ...

A team of scientists chemically analyzed chassignites and nakhlites, such as the one pictured, two kinds of Martian meteorites found on Earth, of which there are only 35 specimens. Credit: Scripps ...

The Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known natural piece of iron on Earth, weighing about 60 metric tons today. By simple logic and physics, a metal object that massive should have smashed ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the world's most famous meteorites failed to attract buyers at an auction Sunday, while an ordinary metal mailbox zapped by a falling space rock in 1984 was sold for the ...

A Namibian farmer in 1920 discovered Hoba, the world's largest meteorite. Unlike dramatic impacts, this massive iron slab ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today, often causing scant damage but sometimes ...

~ But a battered mailbox netted nearly $83K. NEW YORK -- Two of the world's most famous meteorites failed to attract buyers at an auction Sunday, while an ordinary metal mailbox zapped by a falling ...

JOHNSTOWN, Colo. (KDVR) — It was a birthday party 100 years in the making in Johnstown. Residents celebrated the day a meteorite crashed into town a century ago. On July 6, 1924, a funeral at the ...