The Geminid meteor shower peaked overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, lighting up the skies as impressive meteors struck Earth's ...

In 2008, for instance, a big meteor exploded over Sudan. No one was hurt. The largest meteorite strike in recorded history was in 1908, also over Russia. Know as the "Tunguska event," the blast ...

While this meteor shower isn't known for being highly active, the Ursids can still produce up to 10 meteors per hour at a ...

The Chicxulub meteorite impact, rather than volcanic activity, was the principal driver behind the extinction of the ...

30, 1954, when she was struck in the thigh by a meteorite that had crashed through her roof and ricocheted off her radio set. Observers in Talladega County that day reported seeing a fireball in ...

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Look up! The Geminid Meteor Shower will be visible in the sky tonight over Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs.

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