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Green meteor seen in Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri? Residents share videos of ‘shooting star'

Bright green streak illuminated the night skies over parts of Midwest. Many shared videos of the phenomenon, which they believe was a meteor.

Perseid meteor shower set for Tuesday and Wednesday, but full visibility uncertain

As the annual Perseid meteor shower approaches its dazzling peak, skywatchers might have to work a little harder to spot the show this year.

An interstellar visitor and hairy caterpillars: The best science pictures of the week

The most striking science photos of the week: including the Perseid meteor shower and glowing underwater wonders.

The surprising animal that survived the meteor that killed the dinosaurs

Sixty-six million years ago, give or take, a massive asteroid struck what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, triggering the ...
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Blazing meteor thrilled residents in Australia

The past week has been full of meteor showers across the world, a night time light show to remember. Glimpses of beautiful ...

Mysterious light in Philly sky wasn’t aliens or a meteor. Here’s what it likely was.

“It was inexplicable,” said Nicholas McAlister, a fund-raiser at the University of Pennsylvania who witnessed it in the night ...

Perseid meteor, Vulcan rocket launch or UFO; white spiral in night sky over PA, Delaware

What was the mysterious white spiral flying in the night sky as stargazers looked up during the Perseid meteor shower peak ...

West Virginians report seeing bright light Tuesday night, and it wasn’t a meteor

Even though the night of Aug. 12 was the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, the light that caught the most attention in West ...