Meteor explodes off coast of Massachusetts, causing loud boom
NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.
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NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.
As the number of people with cameras on their dashboards and doorbells has grown, so have reports of such sightings.
A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparking hundreds of siting reports in Georgia and South Carolina.
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.
This is the first time the sound and image of a meteor falling has been documented on video, a University of Alberta scientist found.
The Perseid meteor shower peaked in the night skies of Sunday into Monday, giving astronomy fans one of the best shows of 2024 as they looked to the skies.
Two meteor showers are expected to flash across night skies around the same time this week.
The full moon, also known as the Thunder Moon, will last three days, peaking on Sunday morning.
People across the eastern U.S. and in parts of Canada saw a dazzling light show on Wednesday night, as a fireball entered the atmosphere and burned up.
The Orionids are known for their brightness and speed, traveling at about 41 miles per second.
"Depending upon the type of meteorite this is, specimens could easily be worth their weight in gold," said an official at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum.
Conspiracy theorists took to social media in a flurry of excitement after a mysterious flying object resembling an orange fireball streaked across the Florida sky.
People across northern Florida were baffled shortly before midnight Saturday by a greenish-blue fireball that seemed to plummet from the sky.
The annual Perseid meteor showers are coming this weekend.
The U.S. Geologic Survey says a meteor lit up the skies across Michigan Tuesday night.
Those up late Tuesday night caught quite a surprise if they were looking up - a fireball streaking across the sky.
A mysterious bright light streaked across the night sky in Florida this week.
The Perseid meteor shower peaked on Thursday night into early Friday and is expected to be visible through Saturday.
Sunday night, residents across South Florida who were looking up at the sky may have seen something quite different, a light show provided by a meteor hitting the Earth's atmosphere.
A strange sight in the skies over Broward County caused some concerned people to call the Broward Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Coast Guard Sunday night when streaking lights were seen over the ocean around Hallandale Beach and points northward.
If you are an insomniac or an early riser, or if you just like cool things in the sky, turning your eyes to the sky early Saturday could bring you a stellar treat, in the form of the Orionid meteor shower.
