Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a space rock comes speeding down towards Earth it usually makes headlines for obvious reasons. Even smaller objects that ...

An asteroid that exploded over Botswana in 2018 likely came from Vesta, the second largest object in the asteroid belt, according to an analysis of rocks recovered after the impact. Vesta is the ...

As NASA beefs up its technology to detect and prevent asteroids, it seems that people in Russia just encountered a fireball of their own. NASA confirmed that a fireball struck Earth on June 21 at 1:15 ...

If you saw a giant ball of burning light fall toward Earth this morning along the East Coast, you're not alone. Multiple reports of a meteor have surfaced over the course of the day Wednesday, ranging ...

Meteorite hunters have recovered a fragment of a small asteroid that fell to Earth on June 2, burning up in the sky over Botswana just hours after it was detected hurtling through space. Now known as ...

All eyes were on the evening sky Sunday as residents across nine Midwest states reported seeing a fireball, or a bright meteor, fly by. The American Meteor Society (AMS) confirmed Monday that it ...

On Aug. 28, 2018, a meteor lit up the night sky over Perth in western Australia in a brilliant fireball. See photos of the fireball from eyewitnesses across Perth, courtesy of the iconic Perth ...

(CNN) — A 12-million-year-old meteorite that fell to Earth in January 2018 is covered in more than 2,600 organic compounds, according to new research. Meteorites such as this one likely acted as ...

When a space rock comes speeding down towards Earth it usually makes headlines for obvious reasons. Even smaller objects that appear in our sky have a habit of producing brilliant light shows, so ...