On the night of February 6, 2026, residents of Illinois were treated to a breathtaking spectacle as a massive meteor exploded in the sky. This extraordinary event was captured on video by Marco, a ...

The AMS defines a fireball as a meteor that is exceptionally bright, typically brighter than magnitude -4. A specific type of fireball, known as a bolide, is characterized by an explosion at the end ...

On Feb. 9, 1913, a group of fireballs moved across the sky over the Americas. Rather than the typical "shooting stars" streaking out from a radiant, the meteors moved across the sky as a group, at a ...

At least 31 people have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated a device at a Shia mosque, according to police.

A colour-changing lake born from a meteor impact keeps baffling scientists, blending space science, ancient myths, and rare ...

A meteor — a particularly large and bright type known as a bolide meteor — detonated high above in the atmosphere Monday ...

Daichi Fujii from the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan captured a meteor impact the moon with multiple telescopes. Credit: ...

A large, bright meteor called a bolide meteor exploded high in the atmosphere near Florida's Gulf Coast on Monday night.

North Jerseyans should be aware of the effects of extreme cold this weekend, from frostbite and numbness to ... exploding trees? That last item is a possibility, according to a viral post on X from ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

As we head into the weekend, a major winter storm system is going to slide some of the coldest air we’ve felt in years right over Michigan - and we’re going to be in a deep freeze for a few days. How ...

It turns out that trees can actually explode when temperatures drop. Trees can explode during extreme cold due to sap expansion when it freezes. Oak, maple, and fruit trees with high moisture are most ...