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The night sky across Houston briefly flashed Saturday night, followed by a sonic boom. It was caused by a meteor, which have become a surprisingly common occurrence recently — with one landing in Ohio ...

I see a lot of “meteorite hits X” stories here at Bad Astronomy Central, and the vast majority turn out to be wrong. However, few ever turn out to be the real thing, it looks this time we have the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many of you saw the bright light of a meteor over parts of the Houston area Saturday afternoon. Others heard a loud boom. Now, one ...

A mysterious explosion that rocked Nicaragua’s crowded capital Managua, creating a large crater, appears to have been caused by a small meteorite, officials said Sunday. Amazingly, in a sprawling city ...

Photo screenshot: Reading Recap YOUTUBE/Audio from the meteor strike off the coast of Massachusetts as heard in Reading, MA. New Englanders got a jolt from the sky over the weekend. A meteor blazed ...

Good news, skywatchers in Florida: Your three-month wait since the peak of the last meteor shower is almost over. The Lyrids meteor shower, which first became visible April 14, is about to become its ...

HOUSTON — Many of you saw the bright light of a meteor over parts of the Houston area Saturday afternoon. Others heard a loud boom. Now, one woman says a piece of it may have crashed into her home.