On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

A building-sized asteroid found in 2024 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. For the first time ever, a planetary defense response is planning how to deal with the asteroid. If it did strike ...

As the Earth orbits the sun, several times a year it passes through debris left by passing comets — and sometimes asteroids. The source of the Quadrantids is debris from the asteroid 2003 EH1.

There’s a terminator in our midst. Squinting through a telescope, I see it. The fuzzy line (in non-astro speak) where the ...

Canadian man Joe Velaidum captured both video and audio of a meteorite crashing to Earth which scientists believe is the first time such an event has been recorded in this manner, CBC News reported.

This is one of the largest meteor showers of the year, spawning upwards of 120 meteors per hour. These meteors come from the 2003 EH asteroid as the Earth drifts ... a Christmas movie that has ...

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Canada – For the first time in human history both video and sound of a meteorite have been captured as it hit Earth. Video from a doorbell camera at a home on Prince Edward ...

A doorbell camera has captured the extraordinary moment a meteor struck the ground in front of a house, scattering dust and producing audible impact sounds, making the event even more special. This is ...

According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteorite Have you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds ... comes from the asteroid belt ...

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An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington ... that would cause significant regional damage if it hit the Earth," he said. "Not all NEOs are potentially hazardous, but all ...

When it enters Earth's atmosphere it becomes a meteor, fireball or shooting star. The pieces of rock that hit the ground are meteorites, and are valuable to collectors. This was particularly ...