Meteor

The fireball was spotted on Saturday night as it exploded in a flash of green light, having vaporized from intense friction with the atmosphere upon descent.

The chunk of rock was confirmed by local police to be a meteorite, having fallen from space and smashed into a home in New Jersey.

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is due to peak on May 6 as the Earth passed through the particles left behind by Halley's comet centuries ago.

The debris was ejected into orbit in mid-March from the Endurance spacecraft, which was returning astronauts from the International Space Station.

Experts believed the blast could have been a sonic boom from a meteor.

The mysterious object exploded in the sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, leading to panicked reactions as air raid sirens rang throughout the capital.

Social media users suggested that a satellite, meteor or even a UFO may have been behind the incident on Wednesday that illuminated the Kyiv sky.

The asteroid, named 2006 HV5, is one of the many Near-Earth Objects tracked by NASA.

Water has been found hidden within glass beads on the moon's surface, having been formed and trapped by the blazing-hot impacts of meteors.

A spectacularly bright meteor soaring across the night sky on Sunday night was caught on cameras across the northern U.S. and Canada.

Footage of an object falling from the sky sparked theories it was an alien craft, a spy balloon, a human-made satellite, an angel —or just a plain old meteor.

The meteorite fell to Earth nearly a decade after the destructive Chelyabinsk meteor hit Russia in February 2013.

Astrophotographers across the world have posted spectacular images of the rare green comet ZTF as it passed close to Earth on February 1.

The comet, which is due to pass near to the Earth on February 1, is now visible using the naked eye.

Scientists estimate that about 48.5 tons of meteoritic material falls to earth each day, with the majority vaporized by Earth's atmosphere.

The three asteroids range in size, between that of a Boeing-777 and of a 50-story building.

The asteroid, named 2015 RN35, will be traveling at speeds of 13,220 miles per hour as it flies past our planet.

Witnesses saw a meteorite crashing through the sky at around the same time that Dustin Procita's house caught fire, but experts told Newsweek they're skeptical.

The final data report from Arecibo, which collapsed in 2020, has revealed hundreds more asteroids lurking near Earth.

The Taurid swarm crosses Earth's orbit once every few years, causing higher numbers of meteors to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.

The asteroid is due to pass the Earth on November 1 at around six times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.

More than 800 people reported seeing a huge fireball streak across the night sky.

The "gorgeous" fireball illuminated several northeast U.S. states, with many witnesses reporting it was brighter than the moon.

One witness said it was an "amazing experience" to see the bright meteor illuminate the night sky over the weekend.

An asteroid up to 750 feet in diameter is due to pass near to Earth on Saturday.

Claims on Reddit suggest the largest meteorite to have ever hit earth's has already been discovered.

On August 16, a 100-foot asteroid will fly past the Earth at a distance just larger than the Moon's orbit.

Scientists have predicted that the soot ejected into the atmosphere during a nuclear war could cause worldwide famines due to reduced crop growth.

Set to peak on Friday, the Perseids will be outshone by the supermoon on the same night.

The fireball was described by one eyewitness as like a "green camera flash," while others said they heard loud booms.