A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact thousands of years ago may have triggered a landslide in the Grand Canyon and reshaped the Colorado River that runs through the national park.

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples. Tianwen 2 launched from Xichang on a Long March 3B rocket on May 28 and is en route to the enigmatic asteroid Kamo'oalewa. But shortly after departure, the spacecraft took the opportunity to test out its cameras.

Meenakshi Wadhwa was recruited from Arizona State University, where she’s been serving as director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration. She will succeed Margaret Leinen, who is credited with enriching Scripps’ research programs, particularly in climate change, during her 12-year tenure.

Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the neighborhood.

A meteorite known as NWA 16788 was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023. The composition of the meteorite is Martian shergottite, or lava from a planet other than the Earth. Weighing over 54 pounds, it is the largest of only 400 known Martian meteorites by far.