The inner solar system is a lot calmer than it was 4 billion years ago, during what’s known as the heavy bombardment period. Over the course of that violent stretch, which lasted about 500 million ...

NASA confirmed a meteor entered Earth's atmosphere over Georgia, disintegrating with energy equivalent to 20 tons of TNT and causing loud booms and tremors. The meteor triggered lightning sensors on ...

The Orionid meteor shower is considered one of the most beautiful and bright meteor showers of the year. The meteors are particularly fast, measuring in at 148,000 mph, meaning that they often leave ...

Meteorites aren't very common in Florida, but there have been documented reports over the last 100-plus years, including three in this century. A fireball was reported by about 150 people from South ...

Stories of meteor impact continue to fascinate people. Some cause havoc and destruction, while others lead to some interesting discoveries about the universe. As years have gone by, these impacts have ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a giant meteor slammed into Earth off the coast of modern-day Mexico. Firestorms incinerated the landscape for miles around. Even creatures thousands of miles away were ...