A meteor — a particularly large and bright type known as a bolide meteor — detonated high above in the atmosphere Monday ...

Over 93 reports were logged of a fireball meteor across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio & Wisconsin around 11:30 PM ET, ...

NASA is weighing in on the New Year’s Day boom heard across the Pittsburgh region. Researchers confirmed an exploding meteor was the “likely culprit” and estimated the size of the object at about ...

A large, bright meteor called a bolide meteor exploded high in the atmosphere near Florida's Gulf Coast on Monday night. The National Weather Service Office in Tallahassee said the meteor exploded at ...

Plenty of asteroids can survive their fiery plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere. If they’re big enough, they can prove ...

On February 15, 2013, the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, witnessed something terrifying. A six-story-tall asteroid weighing nearly 10,000 metric tons tore through the atmosphere at more than 64,000 km ...

In 2008, a 13-foot-wide asteroid entered the Earth's atmosphere, zoomed across the sky and exploded 23 miles above the Nubian desert of northern Sudan. The explosion - far from human habitation - lit ...

On February 15, 2013, a small asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on ...

Ever wish we lived in a world where Armageddon was a reality? Well, you’re in luck because The United Nations is planning to adopt an asteroid defense plan to keep us safe from killer space rocks!