"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

The traveling Smithsonian exhibit on rural America anchors the Buffalo Gap Historic Village's program highlighting the ...

Have you ever played with a magnet and stuck it in a sandy wash? It will pick up lots of black stuff. Some call it black sand; some might think ...

New details about the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid - the one which wiped out the dinosaurs - have been revealed after researchers created a new map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor. Around 66 ...

W.F. Strong points to how geological features defined over a century ago hold lessons for water challenges in the future.

Night - Cloudy with a 74% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 16 to 19 mph (25.7 to 30.6 kph). The overnight low will be 56 °F (13.3 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 71 °F (21.7 °C ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – On Friday afternoon, many residents in the Big Country felt a shake. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a magnitude of 4.8 earthquake that occurred ...

Intensity maps show widespread shaking extending into the Abilene and Carlsbad areas but ... 10:28 p.m., according to the United States Geological Survey. It occurred near the Pecos area, east ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A sizeable earthquake was felt in the Big Country on Friday afternoon. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) says the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8 when it ...

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck West Texas on Friday, February 28, according to the United States Geological ... Map shows that tremors were stretched north past Lubbock, east to Abilene and ...

An innovative nuclear reactor technology is being deployed at Abilene Christian University in Texas to address both energy and water supply issues. A liquid-fueled molten salt reactor (MSR) developed ...