SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged meteors JWST mirror hit by micrometeoroid, but NASA says damage is minimal NASA’s huge telescope was hit by a tiny space rock late last month. By Phil Plait | 3 weeks ago Newly declassified flaming meteors could help us protect the planet They're not UFOs, but hotter. By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 months ago Mercury's atmosphere thickened as we watched. The likely perp? Meteoroids. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago The Perseids peak this week! Here's how to watch one of the best meteor showers of 2021 By Phil Plait | 10 months ago Ka-boom! Meteor explodes over Vermont with force of over 400 pounds of dynamite By Josh Weiss | 1 year ago The sky is falling! Here's how to watch tonight's Perseid meteor shower By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Chelyabinsk's (much) smaller sibling asteroid fell over Arizona in 2016 By Phil Plait | 2 years ago Is Earth being bombarded by teeny ultra-high-velocity meteors moving at near lightspeed? By Phil Plait | 2 years ago Guy walks out to his front yard, finds a rock from the birth of the solar system By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 years ago Tracing a bright fireball back to its parent: the potentially hazardous asteroid 2003 YT1 By Phil Plait | 2 years ago Load More
JWST mirror hit by micrometeoroid, but NASA says damage is minimal NASA’s huge telescope was hit by a tiny space rock late last month. By Phil Plait | 3 weeks ago
Newly declassified flaming meteors could help us protect the planet They're not UFOs, but hotter. By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 months ago
Mercury's atmosphere thickened as we watched. The likely perp? Meteoroids. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago
The Perseids peak this week! Here's how to watch one of the best meteor showers of 2021 By Phil Plait | 10 months ago
Ka-boom! Meteor explodes over Vermont with force of over 400 pounds of dynamite By Josh Weiss | 1 year ago
Is Earth being bombarded by teeny ultra-high-velocity meteors moving at near lightspeed? By Phil Plait | 2 years ago
Guy walks out to his front yard, finds a rock from the birth of the solar system By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 years ago
Tracing a bright fireball back to its parent: the potentially hazardous asteroid 2003 YT1 By Phil Plait | 2 years ago