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

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 ...

Confirmed locations of meteorite finds. Numbers indicate meteor altitude in km. Image released Nov. 6, 2013. [Read the Full Story Here] Meteorite fragments recovered from the ice-covered Lake ...

A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so we may be able to knock them off course and avoid disaster.

NASA has reported a significant meteor explosion in Earth's atmosphere several months ago -- and we didn't see it coming. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

The light wasn't the first thing people noticed. It was the noise. Earlier this year, people in parts of Indiana and ...

This video still image shows injuries created by the meteor that exploded over the Chelyabinsk region of Russia on Feb. 15, 2013. An object entered the atmosphere over the Urals early in the morning ...