Bolides
The Sound of an Interstellar Meteor Might Have Just Been a Rumbling Truck
A 2023 expedition to the Pacific Ocean, searching for debris from a suspected extraterrestrial object, may have been looking in…
Did Powerful Asteroid Impacts Make Venus So Different From Earth?
A new study connects impacts during Venus' early history to its smooth and "youthful" appearance today.
Space Force is Releasing Decades of Tracking Data on a Thousand Bright Meteor Fireballs
When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere at a very high speed it heats up. This heating up produces a…
Astronomers Think a Meteor Came from Outside the Solar System
When 'Oumuamua was first detected on October 19th, 2017, astronomers were understandably confused about the nature of this strange object.…
Satellite Watches Dust from Chelyabinsk Meteor Spread Around the Northern Hemisphere
When a meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded 22.5 km (14 miles) above Chelyabinsk, Russia on Feb. 15, 2013, the…
Bright Meteor Rocks Argentina Rock Concert
Talk about a light show! A massive bolide was captured on video during a middle-of-the-night rock concert in Argentina on…
Russian Fireball Inspires Journey into the World of Meteorites
A little more than week ago a 7,000 ton, 50-foot (15-meter) wide meteoroid made an unexpected visit over Russia to…
Recent UK Fireball Could Not Have “Skipped” Around the World, New Analysis Says
The meteoroid seen over the UK on September 21, 2012 has created quite a sensation – make that a several…
Fireball Over California Exploded with Force of 5 Kilotons
[/caption] A daytime fireball over the skies of central/northern California on Sunday morning, April 22, 2012 caused a loud explosion…