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