The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday could have been a meteorite, according to the National Weather Service.

A fireball flashed across the sky on Thursday afternoon in a spectacle that was visible to residents in several states, ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

A bright flash of light followed by a loud boom startled residents across parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee on Thursday afternoon as reports of a "fireball" streamed in from multiple ...

Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

The Green Lanterns will shine brightly in the DC Universe franchise, so here are some of them worth knowing about. While ...

Without meteorites, you probably wouldn’t be reading this. As writer Maria Golia explains in her new book, Meteorite: Nature And Culture, meteorite bombardments during Earth’s infancy may have ...

Ann Hodges is the only confirmed person in history to have been hit by a meteorite. Moody Jacobs shows a giant bruise on the side and hip of his patient, Ann Hodges, in 1954, after she was struck ...

A few stray metallic balloons caught on utility equipment caused a power outage in Westminster, affecting over 4,600 Southern California Edison customers, including several businesses, on ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On June 23, 1949, the XS-1 space plane flew for the 117th time. The XS-1, later called the ...

Looking back in history, here were some of the happenings in the Cookeville area for the week of June 14-20 as recorded in the pages of the Herald-Citizen: ...