A piece of a comet decided to take a fatal dive into the Earth’s atmosphere, causing a bright flash and explosion tens of kilometers above the ground. The luminous celestial event passed across the ...

A fireball, or an exceptionally bright meteor, appears to have exploded in the skies over the southeastern U.S. on Thursday. The American Meteor Society has received nearly 150 reports of a fireball ...

The Earth is under assault. Space rocks are constantly hurtling toward us, slamming into the atmosphere and often exploding into fireballs that both delight and alarm. Thankfully, the vast majority ...