A meteor that exploded in a spectacular fireball over Niagara Falls in 2022 was the smallest asteroid ever measured, a new study has found. The asteroid, spotted by astronomers just hours before its ...
Rocky objects left over from the formation of our solar system are constantly hitting the Earth. The small ones burn up in the atmosphere but the larger ones don’t. When meteors hit the ground instead ...
At 8:32 p.m. on April 28, a bright flash in the sky was visible from across the Rio Grande Valley, at least as far north as Linn, and south into northern Mexico. It was an exploding meteor, or ...
The new year started with a bang in Pittsburgh. Astronomer Diane Turnshek was in her kitchen on Saturday morning when she heard a "humongous crash" that rattled all the suncatchers on her window. She ...
MOSCOW - A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring about 1,100 ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A meteor that caused an earthshaking boom over suburban Pittsburgh on New Year’s Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tons (27,216 ...
Stunning footage captured a bright bolide streaking across Thailand just after midnight on October 26. Locals reported a fiery flash followed by a loud explosion and ground vibration as the meteor ...
Experts believe that a large, explosive sound reported over Ontario and New York state Wednesday afternoon was likely caused by a meteor. According to CityNews, some residents from Mississauga, ...
HAVANA - What is believed to be a meteor lit the sky over eastern Cuba and caused an explosion, scientists on the island said Saturday. There were no reports of damage or injury. The head of the ...
A large boulder the size of a small boulder slammed into Earth's atmosphere at nearly 50 times the speed of sound! Floridians were treated to a fantastic sight on Monday night, as a bright fireball ...
The cosmic rock hurtled through space and time and landed in Ruth Hamilton’s bed, just beside her head. It could be worth thousands. At 11:35 p.m. on Oct. 3, Ruth Hamilton was rattled awake by her dog ...