A bright fireball appeared over the US and Canada in March 2026. NASA reported that the fireball was caused by a small asteroid approximately 6 feet in diameter and weighing around 7 tons.

(WYTV)- Twice within a week now, we’ve had bright meteors flash across Ohio skies. One broke apart and peppered Medina County, the other disintegrated over Saginaw Bay, Michigan. First, definitions: ...

A meteor caused a loud boom heard across the Ohio Valley on March 17, but a meteor strike in the mid-Atlantic seems unlikely.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - There are many things in space for us to see in the night sky. There are also many things we don't know until they hit our atmosphere. Yes, the meteorologist is finally going to ...

Space rocks are constantly hurtling toward us, slamming into the atmosphere and often exploding into fireballs that both ...

One of the chemicals considered essential to life on Earth may have originated in outer space, researchers have found. Nitrogen compounds, including ammonium salts, may have made their way to Earth ...

The terms "meteor," "meteorite," and "meteoroid" all describe the same object, but at different stages of its journey.

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On February 15, 2013, a near-Earth asteroid with a diameter of 66 feet (20 meters) entered Earth’s atmosphere traveling at around 40,000 miles per hour (60,0000 km/h). Within a few seconds, the cosmic ...