On June 30, 1908, a catastrophic explosion rocked the skies over Eastern Siberia, releasing an energy equivalent to 10–15 ...

I am hiking along the Metacomet Ridge in Greenfield, Massachusetts – a rather steep basaltic structure, modestly less than five hundred feet high and topped by a stately brick tower constructed in ...

Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...

June 30 is Asteroid Day, which honors the Tunguska event in Russia 117 years ago and teaches about asteroids and their ...

Without meteorites, you probably wouldn’t be reading this. As writer Maria Golia explains in her new book, Meteorite: Nature And Culture, meteorite bombardments during Earth’s infancy may have ...

In February 2013, the sonic boom from a massive meteorite damaged buildings and injured more than a thousand people near the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. (See pictures: "Meteorite Hits Russia ...

The pair of young wolf sisters, now determined to have been two months old at the time of their deaths, were unearthed independently of each other in 2011 and 2015. Initially, it was thought that they ...

The impact debris could threaten satellites and trigger an extraordinarily stunning meteor shower. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is about 53 to 67 meters (174 to 220 ft) in diameter.

What’s underneath Meteor Crater is weirdly folded and smushed-up rock. On the Moon, the hope is to find ice. Wes Patterson leads the radar instrument team at Johns Hopkins University. "Looking for ice ...

A plane with five people aboard, including two pilots, went missing in the deep forests of Siberia on Tuesday, Russia's civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia said.

See strawberry full moon, meteor shower, Milky Way Galaxy and visible planets in California sky in June 2025. How to view celestial events & best times to watch.

Want to watch a meteor shower, but your evenings usually involve conking out on the sofa by 9 pm? We come bearing great news – it’s the peak of the Arietids this weekend, the most active ...