5 days ago · When a meteoroid survives its trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a meteorite. Meteorites typically range between the size of a pebble and a fist. …

4 days ago · A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032.While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking …

5 days ago · The most infamous asteroid impact occurred 66 million years ago, when a six-mile-wide space rock triggered a global winter, wiping out the dinosaurs and 75 percent of all …

4 days ago · Damage to trees caused by the Tunguska event. The object, just 50–80 metres (150–240 feet) across, exploded 6–10 km (4–6 miles) above the surface, shattering windows …

6 days ago · Asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring approximately 40 to 100 meters wide, will pass very close to Earth in December 2032—and might even strike the planet. Because of its size, …

Jan 22, 2025 · This security camera video records the sight and sound of a small meteorite impact at a home in Marshfield, Prince Edward Island on July 25, 2024. Courtesy Joe Velaidum and …

Jan 20, 2025 · Splat! A meteorite impact recorded by a doorbell camera gave scientists a rare view of a space rock at the moment it hit Earth. The sound is like shattering glass.

Jan 21, 2025 · A doorbell camera caught the moment when a meteorite impacted on the walkway of a home in Prince Edward Island, Canada, recording what is likely the world's first audio of a …

5 days ago · Scientists estimate that about 48.5 tons (44 tonnes or 44,000 kilograms) of meteoritic material falls on Earth each day. Almost all the material is vaporized in Earth’s atmosphere, …

Jan 22, 2025 · Minutes later, a meteorite pummeled the walkway — exactly where Velaidum had been standing — and a Ring doorbell camera captured the entire incident on video. “I never …