meteors
Norwegian Skydiver Almost Gets Hit by Falling Meteor — and Captures it on Film
It sounds like a remarkable story, almost unbelievable: Anders Helstrup went skydiving nearly two years ago in Hedmark, Norway and…
Experts Question Claim Tunguska Meteorite May Have Come from Mars
In 1908 a blazing white line cut across the sky before exploding a few miles above the ground with a…
Satellite Watches Dust from Chelyabinsk Meteor Spread Around the Northern Hemisphere
When a meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded 22.5 km (14 miles) above Chelyabinsk, Russia on Feb. 15, 2013, the…
An Early Start for Noctilucent Clouds
The season for noctilucent "night-shining" clouds is arriving in the northern hemisphere, when wispy, glowing tendrils of high-altitude ice crystals…
With Russian Meteor Fresh In Everyone’s Memory, ESA Opens An Asteroid Monitoring Center
It's been about three months since that infamous meteor broke up over Chelyabinsk, Russia. In that time, there's been a lot…
Possible Meteorite Fragments from 1908 Tunguska Explosion Found
The 1908 explosion over the Tunguska region in Siberia has always been an enigma. While the leading theories of what…
Cassini Watches as Meteors Hit Saturn’s Rings
From tell-tale evidence, we know that Earth, our Moon and other bodies in our Solar System are constantly barraged with…
Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of a House in Connecticut
A rock that crashed through a house in Connecticut last weekend has been confirmed to be a meteorite. Homeowner Larry…
Bright Meteor Rocks Argentina Rock Concert
Talk about a light show! A massive bolide was captured on video during a middle-of-the-night rock concert in Argentina on…
This Weekend’s Lyrid Meteor Shower: How to See It
Feeling a little meteor-starved lately? Me too. It's been a meteor shower desert since the Quadrantids of early January. That's about to…