A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...

In 2008, for instance, a big meteor exploded over Sudan. No one was hurt. The largest meteorite strike in recorded history was in 1908, also over Russia. Know as the "Tunguska event," the blast ...

The yearly Geminid meteor shower is ramping up as we approach next week's peak, with shooting stars being visible searing through the night sky until Christmas Eve. Described by NASA as "one of ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best shooting star displays of the year. The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year. The shower is active from mid ...

2025 stretches ahead of us with plenty of opportunities, including a full schedule of meteor showers. They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be ...

A meteorite made “auditory history” in July 2024 when a Ring ... When they hit our planet’s atmosphere and burn up, they’re known as meteors. These are the fun light shows we see during ...

Meteors can crash on Earth ... that's really unusual and has happened very few times in history." ...

A meteor shower is an astronomical event that lights up the sky, creating a spectacle much-anticipated by astronomy lovers. During this celestial phenomenon, numerous meteors, commonly referred to ...

There were several other reports made to the American Meteor Society, with sightings of a fireball moving from southeast to northwest. Reports came from places including Portsmouth and Chichester ...