New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

The space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was a rare strike from an asteroid beyond Jupiter, a new ...

Jupiter formed in a geologic blink. Its rocky core coalesced less than a million years after the beginning of our solar system, scientists reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National ...

A meteorite collected last year may hold the key to the mystery behind the origin of water on Earth. On Feb. 28, 2021, a meteorite that entered Earth's atmosphere over northern England broke into ...

When a rogue meteor careened through the atmosphere of Jupiter last year, it caught the attention of NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit around the giant planet.

The Cretaceous period ended in a terrible disaster that had its origins beyond Jupiter. An asteroid more than six miles wide slammed into prehistoric Central America, kicking off a global heat ...

The Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight on Thursday, Aug. 11, and this year has all the earmarks of being a great year to watch the show, thanks to the effects of Jupiter.

Jupiter was an early bloomer. New measurements of meteorite ages suggest that the giant planet’s core must have formed within the solar system’s first million years. If so, Jupiter’s ...

Jupiter formed in a geologic blink. Its rocky core coalesced less than a million years after the beginning of our solar system, scientists reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National ...