The sound many people heard, NASA confirmed, was a sonic boom caused by a meteor breaking apart when traveling through Earth's atmosphere.

A five-foot in diameter meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 42,000 miles-per-hour Saturday, producing a meteorite that fell into Cape Cod<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Spanning around 410 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at around 30,200 miles per hour.

The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes in Italy, weather permitting.

The asteroid was discovered on May 10 by astronomers with the Mount Lemmon Survey, an astronomical project based in Arizona’s Santa Catalina Mountains. It is rare for an object

Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on Monday (May 18). The close approach will be visible to stargazers and can be viewed via livestream.

A viral video of a meteor darting past an erupting Philippine volcano sent the internet into an alien frenzy after an unknown object was seen rising from the earth after impact — but a renowned scientist says there’s a perfectly logical explanation.

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a spacecraft into the smaller member of the binary asteroid system Didymos,

A study challenges the lunar origin of the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa and points to a different and surprising origin.

It sounded like an explosion. For some, it felt like one. Just after 2 p.m. on May 30, residents across Massachusetts—and well beyond—were jolted by a sudden, thunderous boom that rattled homes and