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  • Watch fireball meteor lights up Japan’s night sky in brilliant blue

    Watch fireball meteor lights up Japan’s night sky in brilliant blue

    NASA estimates around 44 tonnes of meteoritic material fall towards Earth each day. Almost all of it is vaporised in the atmosphere, leaving glowing streaks visible across the night sky.

  • You might have to leave your city during The Perseid Meteor Shower this weekend, know what NASA says

    You might have to leave your city during The Perseid Meteor Shower this weekend, know what NASA says

    The Perseid meteor shower is almost here, offering a dazzling display of "shooting stars" for sky watchers. But you might have to leave your city to make the most of this celestial event, here's what you need to know.

  • Woman struck by meteorite in ‘astronomically rare’ event

    Woman struck by meteorite in ‘astronomically rare’ event

    A woman in France was enjoying coffee with a friend when she was struck by a meteorite in an incredibly rare event.

  • Harvard professor says interstellar meteor he discovered could be relic of alien spacecraft

    Harvard professor says interstellar meteor he discovered could be relic of alien spacecraft

    Harvard professor Avi Loeb claims to have found remains of an interstellar object that crashed into the ocean in 2014

  • Harvard physicist to search the ocean for interstellar meteor. He believes it could be alien tech

    Harvard physicist to search the ocean for interstellar meteor. He believes it could be alien tech

    The search for the first interstellar meteor is being spearheaded by a Harvard physicist who has raised over a million dollars to probe the depths of the ocean for its fragments.

  • Viral video: Slow-travelling meteor in UK leaves experts puzzled

    Viral video: Slow-travelling meteor in UK leaves experts puzzled

    Experts wondered if it was a meteor or space debris since it displayed a speed unusual for the former.

  • Watch: Meteor tears across the sky over New Zealand’s Wellington

    Watch: Meteor tears across the sky over New Zealand’s Wellington

    Residents of North Island in Wellington, New Zealand, were stunned by the sight of a ‘rare’ meteor tearing across the sky on Thursday afternoon.

  • From Vadodara to Oregon: People share videos of 'meteor showers'

    From Vadodara to Oregon: People share videos of 'meteor showers'

    While there has not been any official word out yet about the apparent "meteor shower" , social media continues to stay abuzz as more people share photos and videos of the occurrence.

  • Royal Enfield applies for 'Meteor' trademark: Here's what we expect

    Royal Enfield applies for 'Meteor' trademark: Here's what we expect

    Though there are no official details which have been revealed by the company, it is expected that the Meteor will carry the new 650CC twin-cylinder engine.

  • In a rarity meteor hit & asteroid near-miss on same day

    In a rarity meteor hit & asteroid near-miss on same day

    An asteroid half the size of a football field passed closer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, the same day an unrelated and much smaller space rock blazed over central Russia, creating shock waves that shattered windows and injured 1,200 people.

  • Did a crashing meteor kick-start Ice Ages?

    Did a crashing meteor kick-start Ice Ages?

    A gigantic meteor collided with the earth about 2.5 million years ago, generating the mother of all tsunamis, hundreds of metres high, possibly plunging the planet into the Ice Ages...

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