Meteors

Peru Meteorite Crash 'causes Mystery Illness'
A meteorite has struck a remote part of Peru and carved a large crater that is emitting noxious odors and making villagers ill, according to local press reports.

Meteorite Drops in for Breakfast
The meteorite came through the roof of Phil and Brenda Archer's house in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie at 9.30am on Saturday. "I was in the kitchen doing breakfast and there was this almighty explosion," Mrs Archer told Auckland's Sunday Star-Times newspaper. "I couldn't see anything,...

Meteorite Gatecrashes Breakfast
A New Zealand couple had an unexpected visitor from space at the weekend when a 1.3kg (2.8lb) meteorite crashed into their living room shortly before breakfast. The meteorite came through the roof of Phil and Brenda Archer's house in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie at 9.30am on Saturday...

It Came From Outer Space and We Don't Care, Say Museums
A home was yesterday being sought for two fragments of rock from outer space which fell to earth in Spain two weeks ago and which museums there have turned down. The meteor fragments were found by a Spanish journalist, Abel Tarilonte, after a flaming ball of rock was seen shooting across...

Utah Bowled Over By Meteor Plan
Famed for the rocket-assisted cars that career across its vast terrain in bids for land-speed records, Utah's salt flats now face a new environmental threat: bowling balls from outer space. In a milestone of scientific eccentricity, local astronomers have announced that they want to...

Meteors
With the annual Perseid meteor shower due to light up the eastern sky in Britain tonight, read our guide to the best sites on shooting stars.