A 66-foot asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 with a flash brighter than the Sun, but the shockwave arrived ...

In 2013, an asteroid roughly 66 feet wide exploded high above Chelyabinsk, Russia, producing a shockwave that damaged ...

A sudden burst of light over Kane County on Thursday sent viewers scrambling to explain what they had just seen, after a ...

Scientists have used powerful computer simulations to examine whether a nuclear explosion could break apart a large asteroid that threatens Earth.

The Hillsborough meteorite belongs to a rare class of rocks from space, according to a new study. It holds amino acids and other organic compounds, as well as evidence of salty water ...

Dash camera video shows a meteor exploding into a green fireball over parts of the Northwest United States, just days after a ...

The fireball was visible across portions of New England and quickly became a topic of discussion online, particularly among people in and around Boston. Many residents initially struggled to identify ...

A meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the north-eastern United States on Saturday with a blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT., NASA said. The fireball broke up over northeastern Massachusetts ...

Talk about a chip off the old block: the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, last year was probably spat out during a collision between two much larger rocks more than 290 million years ago ...

China’s two-pronged method could blast apart an Earth-threatening space rock using a 3-megaton explosion equivalent to 200 Hiroshima bombs.

The Hillsborough meteorite. (A. Gordon/Jenniskens et al., Sci. Adv., 2026) In July 2024, residents of the New York metropolitan area were treated to a rare spectacle as a fireball exploded in the sky, ...