The meteoroid fireball, which gave off a neon green hue as it hurtled through the atmosphere, lit up the sky upon impact, startling citizens.

Because the meteoroid is estimated to have been about one meter in size, we don’t know whether other fragments are waiting to be found.

For the first time, scientists have gathered a detailed understanding of the effects a small asteroid impact can have on Earth.

For a brief few weeks in early 2025, astronomers were worried about the asteroid 2024 YR4. Discovered in late 2024 by an automated telescope in Chile as part of the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last ...

In Tunguska, an approximately 130-foot meteoroid exploded in the atmosphere, flattening 1,000 square miles of forest — roughly the size of Washington, D.C. — and detonating with the energy of ...

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A changing nanodust cloud The nanodust cloud may envelop the moon and vary over space and time, depending on meteoroid impact rates, the researchers suggest.

Back to Article List The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was hit by a meteoroid and lived After sending back a strangely unclear image, the team looked into the photo further.

Meteoroid strikes can transport water both into and out of cold traps. The team ruled out the possibility that all of the water detected came from the meteoroids themselves.

Scientists revealed Thursday that two of its Mars robots recorded a sizable quake, leaving a crater bigger than any ever recorded in the solar system.

Telescope images from Hawaii show the planet Jupiter has been hit by some sort of object -- possibly a comet, asteroid or meteoroid -- near its south pole. Astrophysicists say to be grateful ...