Astonished Scots have captured a meteor streaking and burning brightly across the night sky. The orange light and ...

When a comet gets close to the Sun, it heats up and releases tiny particles—meteoroids. These follow the comet’s general path, forming narrow streams. But not every meteoroid moves the same way.

More than 200 sightings were sent to the American Meteor Society, and a Georgia resident reported a rock falling through a ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...

Meteoroids: An asteroid is a small, rocky celestial body that orbits the sun. A meteoroid is a small piece of an asteroid or comet. Meteoroids are usually the size of a pebble but can range in size ...

A meteoroid is a piece of rock that’s broken off an asteroid or comet in outer space. But once it enters the Earth’s ...

The American Meteor Society has received 100 reports of fireball sightings from across Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee. Most of the reports are in Georgia, according to its website.

The object, identified as a fireball, "exploded 27 miles above West Forest, Georgia, unleashing an energy of about 20 tons of TNT," per CBS News.

Asteroid (3200) Phaethon, recognised as the parent body of the annual Geminid meteor shower, occupies a unique position in planetary science. Despite its rocky, low-albedo nature, Phaethon ...