PITTSBURGH (AP) — A meteor that caused an earthshaking boom over suburban Pittsburgh on New Year’s Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tons (27,216 ...

The new year started with a bang in Pittsburgh. Astronomer Diane Turnshek was in her kitchen on Saturday morning when she heard a "humongous crash" that rattled all the suncatchers on her window. She ...

A meteor that exploded in a spectacular fireball over Niagara Falls in 2022 was the smallest asteroid ever measured, a new study has found. The asteroid, spotted by astronomers just hours before its ...

Rocky objects left over from the formation of our solar system are constantly hitting the Earth. The small ones burn up in the atmosphere but the larger ones don’t. When meteors hit the ground instead ...

At 8:32 p.m. on April 28, a bright flash in the sky was visible from across the Rio Grande Valley, at least as far north as Linn, and south into northern Mexico. It was an exploding meteor, or ...

Stunning footage captured a bright bolide streaking across Thailand just after midnight on October 26. Locals reported a fiery flash followed by a loud explosion and ground vibration as the meteor ...

MOSCOW - A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring about 1,100 ...

A suspected meteor exploded in the sky over Tokyo, Japan, early on July 2, generating a spectacular fireball that excited locals and skywatchers at the International Meteor Organization (IMO). The ...

For what many believe to be the first time ever, a meteor explosion was caught live on camera from space. Live-streaming company Sen caught the explosion live on their 24/7 livestream from space on ...

A large boulder the size of a small boulder slammed into Earth's atmosphere at nearly 50 times the speed of sound! Floridians were treated to a fantastic sight on Monday night, as a bright fireball ...

HAVANA - What is believed to be a meteor lit the sky over eastern Cuba and caused an explosion, scientists on the island said Saturday. There were no reports of damage or injury. The head of the ...

A brilliant green fireball lit up the early morning sky over the Great Lakes on Sunday, stunning skywatchers across Michigan. The spectacle was caused by a comet fragment racing through Earth’s ...