During its journey through the atmosphere over tens of miles, the asteroid collides with air molecules, and the incredible ...

The meteorite​ that caused a sonic boom heard throughout Massachusetts on Saturday ​landed "right in the middle of Cape Cod Bay," NASA researchers​ say.

People often use the words meteor and meteorite interchangeably, usually when describing a bright streak of light crossing ...

Have you ever been out at night and seen a streak of light blast across the sky and disappear? Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky? As the director of the ...

This year’s Asteroid Day has planned events worldwide and online. It acts as a reminder about advances in planetary defense.

We're used to a lot of different natural things falling out of the sky. These can include snow, rain, and sometimes even ...

An asteroid as large as five cruise ships is barreling towards Earth at 5.6 miles per second. Civilization thankfully isn’t ...

After checking its trajectory against at giant database of objects maintained by the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., ...