The asteroid Apophis, named after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, has been dubbed the "most dangerous in ...

At roughly 60 kilometers (around 40 miles) above Earth, the fireball enters Phase 4 and reaches a melting equilibrium. Its ...

A meteorite that caused a massive boom over Cape Cod may have landed in the bay, NASA has revealed. New England residents were rocked shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday when a meteor fragmented at 40 miles ...

Studying 75 meteorites falling to Earth, scientists have identified the seven stages a space rock goes through as it crashes through our atmosphere.

Asteroid tracking rarely produces a clean, single number that captures how worried anyone should actually be, and the case of ...

A meteorite that crashed into a home in New Jersey may offer new insights into whether life was possible in our early solar system. The meteorite hit the roof of a house in Hillsborough in Somerset ...

A stony meteorite in NASA Ames Research Center's Arcjet Interaction Heating Facility. A thin black line outlines the holder that supports the stone (left). Air flow is from left to right. Melt flows ...

Heads up sky-gazers, fireball season is upon us! That's according to NASA, which notes that we're now in peak fireball season, a time period that typically runs from February through April. During ...

The asteroid was estimated at about 0.8 meters, and it posed zero threat to people or infrastructure on the ground.

During the peak, the shower can produce as many as 50-100 meteors per hour if viewing conditions are right, NASA said.

The Perseid meteor shower is almost here. Find out when, where and how to watch for the best chance to see shooting stars.