Did you know that Arizona is home to one of Conde Nast Traveller’s Seven Wonders of the World 2020? Arizona’s Meteor Crater is an awe-inspiring meteor impact site that is over a mile wide and 550 feet deep. It will now once again be open to adventurers and space enthusiasts from all over the world. Meteor Crater has announced it will reopen the attraction on May 21, after being temporarily closed due to the coronavirus.

Can you imagine multi-colored meteor showers timed for your city event or national holiday? This company has developed this concept. From an article from ScienceTimes.com: Japan’s first big Artificial Meteor Shower Show was delayed due to technical challenges. The Astro Live Experiences-2 (ALE-2) satellite of a Tokyo-based company was launched to the Earth's orbit in December 2019 atop a Rocket Lab Electron booster. Initially, they planned to create meteor shows at special events for thousands of people to see.

… Today, both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona contribute hugely to space exploration, and the state is also home to a number of private companies heavily involved in the field. The unique qualities of the Arizona landscape also make it a natural home for some of the world’s leading observatories, as well as ongoing training and research around [Barringer] Meteor Crater and elsewhere.

The world famous Arizona attraction Barringer Meteorite Crater will reopen on May 21, 2020, to once again welcome travelers from near and far to explore and learn about the world's best preserved meteor impact site.

Sometimes a flash in the night is actually an asteroid slamming into the moon. Because such impacts offer valuable information about Earth's own barrage of space rocks, scientists have established programs that look for the brief bright flashes on the moon that represent lunar impacts. A new such telescope recently began operations, confirming observations of another telescope's 100th impact flash detection.

In the early morning of 30 June 1908, something exploded over Siberia. The event shattered the normal stillness of the sparsely populated taiga, so powerful that it flattened an area of forest 2,150 square kilometres (830 square miles) in size…

Analyzing satellite images showing the terrain between the villages of Qaret Had El Bahr and Qaret El Allafa, Egypt, an international research team discovered what seems to be a previously unknown crater in the midst of the Sahara Desert. The shape resembles a typical impact crater, like the famous Meteor Crater in Arizona.

Scientists have identified 4-billion-year-old nitrogen-containing organic molecules in a Martian meteorite, a discovery that may shed light on whether or not the Red Planet once hosted life.

The Lunar Planetary Institute announces the next Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater, a week-long field class and research project based at Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona, more popularly known as Meteor Crater.

while stuck at home you may be able to witness the Lyrid Meteor Showers -  In a dark sky, you might see about 10 to 15 meteors per hour at the shower’s peak. But the Lyrids are always welcome, a break from the “meteor drought” that always comes in the early part of every year. In 2020, the skinny and almost-new moon won’t hinder the view. Bring on the Lyrids!

A New England photographer captured an astronomically wondrous image of a meteor shooting through the sky with a Milky Way backdrop. 

You don't need any special equipment or a lot of skills to view a meteor shower. Even though all you really need is a clear sky, lots of patience, and our handy Interactive Meteor Shower Sky Map with a visibility conditions meter to see a meteor shower, the following tips can help maximize your shooting star viewing experience.

Nördlingen has a completely unexpected, claim to fame which dates back a great deal longer than any of its architecture: it is in the middle of a giant crater created 15 million years ago