Last Friday%27s meteor display shocked%2C awed East Coast A meteroid hit Russia%2C injuring 1%2C100%2C weeks ago But experts say most space debris burns up in the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA ...

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A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday. But don’t be alarmed if you didn’t see it; it ...

The meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February 2013 was "a wake-up call," according to a UC Davis scientist who participated in analyzing the event. The meteor that exploded over ...

The object in question has been variously referred to as a meteor, meteoroid, asteroid and bolide, so which is it? Asteroids are rocky objects orbiting the sun, usually between Mars and Jupiter, in ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - There are many things in space for us to see in the night sky. There are also many things we don't know until they hit our atmosphere. Yes, the meteorologist is finally going to ...

The moon is shrouded by an unstable cloud of "nanodust" kicked up by cosmic impacts, and lit up by sunlight, a new study finds. Similar clouds of teeny dust particles may envelop other airless bodies, ...

Researchers from NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, report that streams of meteoroids striking the Moon infuse the thin lunar atmosphere with a short ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A meteoroid exploded over the city of Lipetsk in western Russia last week without warning, lighting up the summer sky with a bright flash. While some enjoyed the light show, ...

Streams of meteoroids striking the Moon infuse the thin lunar atmosphere with a short-lived water vapor, according to researchers using data from NASA's LADEE spacecraft. The findings will help ...