An asteroid streaked past northern Siberia in the middle of the night Tuesday before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, lighting up the skies with a blinding flash, dramatic video shows.

The European Space Agency said that the asteroid, which was about 27.5 inches wide, was seen burning up across the sky on Dec. 3 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

The European Space Agency said that the asteroid, which was about 27.5 inches wide, was seen burning up across the sky on Dec. 3 A small asteroid on a collision course with Earth made a blazing ...

The asteroid was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok telescope by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch, NASA confirmed. The impact prediction was made by the Scout ...

The asteroid, called 2020 XR, made its closest approach today at approximately 12:26 a.m. EST (0526 GMT), passing just under six times the distance between Earth and the moon. The flyby came on ...

The asteroid, which burned up the atmosphere and lit up the sky, was visible to residents in the Lensk and Olekminsk districts of Russia's remote eastern Yakutia region. According to a statement ...

A completely harmless and tiny asteroid was detected early on a collision course with Earth on Tuesday. Measuring about 27 inches wide, the asteroid was detected by astronomers at the Kitt Peak ...

A tiny asteroid struck Earth this morning, lighting up the dark sky over northern Siberia as it burned up. Measuring around 27 inches wide, the asteroid—temporarily designated C0WEPC5—was ...

Small asteroid C0WEPC5 detected before impact creates fireball Fourth "imminent impactor" asteroid event recorded in 2024 Monitoring systems enhance asteroid detection and prediction efforts ...

An asteroid the size of nine reindeer is set to pass over the Earth on Wednesday, Christmas, in what is set to be a relatively close holiday flyby, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.

An asteroid struck Earth on Tuesday, Dec. 3, less than 12 hours after astronomers first discovered it. The space rock, reckoned to be about 1.6-4 feet (0.5-1.2 meters), according to EarthSky ...

A small asteroid careened toward Earth before burning up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky witnessed across the region. The space rock ...