Very few people realize this, but every day, hundreds of pounds of space rock—we’re talking asteroid pieces, iron, rock, and ...
There are still plenty of meteor showers left between now and New Year's, with at least one fireball event happening at all times. That means you have the chance of seeing a shooting star on any given ...
If you saw lots of “shooting stars” this weekend during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, you’ll likely have a burning question that you need an answer to—when is the next one?
The Taurid meteor shower originates from the Comet Encke, which is one of the biggest comets in the solar system, Bill Cooke, lead of NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office, told ABC News.
Not long after the Taurids, the next big meteor shower, the Leonids, will peak on the early morning of Nov. 17.
Meteorite strikes this big are rare, but still happen about once every five years. In 2008, for instance, a big meteor exploded over Sudan. No one was hurt. The largest meteorite strike in ...