A meteor — a particularly large and bright type known as a bolide meteor — detonated high above in the atmosphere Monday ...

A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so we may be able to knock them off course and avoid disaster.

On February 15, 2013, a small asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The shock wave from this explosion damaged thousands of ...

On the night of February 6, 2026, residents of Illinois were treated to a breathtaking spectacle as a massive meteor exploded in the sky. This extraordinary event was captured on video by Marco, a ...

MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural mountains and sent fireballs blazing to earth has set off a rush to find fragments of the space rock which hunters hope could fetch ...