Meteorite
A Huge Asteroid Missed Earth on Sunday and No One Saw it Coming
It was the closest miss in recorded history.
Pope Meets Chilean Assault Victims, Umbrella Movement Activist Imprisoned, and More: The VICE Morning Bulletin
What you need to know to catch up with the rest of the world.
The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Probably Caused a 30-Year Winter
The study provides the best evidence yet as to what happened 66 million years ago when an asteroid smashed into Earth.
Scientists Find a Quasicrystal from Outer Space in a Russian Meteorite
How does an impossible material with forbidden symmetries form in the scattered grains of a meteorite? There’s no simple answer.
This Bizarre Meteorite May Be the First to Come From the Outer Solar System
Is this strange meteorite a fragment of a mysterious fifth gas giant?
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs may have helped create new life
A group of international scientists has just finished collecting samples from the crater formed by the asteroid that is widely blamed for the extinction of the dinosaurs. They believe these could help explain how life on earth recovered after the shock.
Indian Man May Be First Ever Confirmed Meteorite Death
There aren't many less likely ways to die, however.
Queensland’s Stolen $50k Meteorite Is Still Missing
The manager of the museum it was snatched from says she's sure the rare rock is in the hands of a meteorite fanatic, and she's losing hope of getting it back.
How to Date 100 Million-Year-Old Seawater
Geologists are piecing together why Virginia's groundwater is so damn salty.
So We Just Broke a Giant 4 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Into 5 Pieces
What was forged when the Earth was just being born has been broken for our museums.
The Asteroid Flyby and Russian Meteorite Conspiracy Theories Are Terrible
There's just something about asteroids and meteorites that really brings out the weird beards and sensationalist news reports.
The Flaming Meteor that Terrified Russia and Injured Hundreds, as Seen on Stunning Dash Cam Videos
While the world waits for a giant asteroid to graze the orbits of our television satellites, the people of Central Russia were shocked early Friday morning by a mortality-shaking sort of astronomical spectacular.