The meteor briefly outshined the sun during the event, which occurred just hours before a larger space rock — the 45 meters asteroid 2012 DA14 — zoomed by Earth in an extremely close flyby.

The European Space Agency said that the asteroid, which was about 27.5 inches wide, was seen burning up across the sky on Dec. 3 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A small asteroid careened toward Earth before burning up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky witnessed across the region. The space rock ...

The asteroid entered the atmosphere Tuesday morning in northeastern Siberia. A small asteroid was visible in northern Siberia on Tuesday, as it closed in on its collision course with Earth.

An asteroid just came careening into our atmosphere, burning up in a dramatic fireball over Russia. The asteroid, formally named 2024 XA1, measured about 28 inches across, and had only been ...

Asteroid impacts have changed Earth’s landscape time and time again. Some impacts caused great change to occur, like the Chicxulub Impactor, which led to the mass extinction of dinosaurs around 65 ...

A small asteroid was visible in northern Siberia on Tuesday, as it closed in on its collision course with Earth. It's first of two expected flybys this week. The European Space Agency issued an ...

An asteroid streaked past northern Siberia in the middle of the night Tuesday before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, lighting up the skies with a blinding flash, dramatic video shows.

The asteroid Apophis, nicknamed the "God of Chaos," is set to pass by Earth on November 13th. While scientists assure it poses no immediate threat, its size and proximity have made it a focal ...

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system. Analysis of three ...

A small asteroid barreled toward Earth, creating a harmless fireball across the skies above eastern Russia on Tuesday, officials said. The asteroid, described as "very small" by NASA, impacted ...

The asteroid sample was then divided up among various groups of scientists around the world, paving the way for an array of tests that might uncover evidence of microbial life on the material.