A meteor is in the Earth's atmosphere, entering at high speed and burning up before hitting Earth. These are often called shooting stars, and a fireball is a meteor that appears extra bright. A meteorite is when a small part of the meteoroid survives the trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground.

Last June, a small meteorite crashed through the roof of a home in McDonough, Georgia, before landing in the living room. This fragment of space rock, now officially named the McDonough meteorite, has since been the subject of a detailed scientific study ...

As with many big space stories, 3I/ATLAS is getting a fair share of attention as well as some more controversial theories (such as speculations that it is not a natural object). The overall scientific consensus, however, is that the object is a comet. It might, however, look a little different than what we’re used to.

Earth was grazed by a tiny asteroid last week, which passed about as close as the International Space Station (ISS).

It was the darkened morning hours of July 6 when Christian Varady saw the fireball falling from the sky, a momentary streak of fiery light that appeared above his Cantonment home without a sound. "To me it seemed about this big," Varady said, positioning ...

The incident occurred on October 16 aboard flight UA1093, carrying 140 passengers and crew members. The aircraft was cruising at 36,000 feet when the crew noticed the damage to the cockpit windshield.

Astronomy enthusiasts in Staten Island and the New York metropolitan area are in for a celestial treat on Oct. 8, 2025, as the Draconid meteor shower reaches its peak activity. While the event will be visible across the Northern Hemisphere, local stargazers can expect an impressive display of shooting stars throughout the night.