#Meteoroid

Author: Lisa Grossman / Source: Science News Earth may already have been visited by an object from outside our solar system — a meteor that burned up in the planet’s atmosphere in 2014, astronomers claim. If confirmed, it would be the first known interstellar object to have entered the

Author: Emily Conover / Source: Science News for Students To cook up homemade plasma, all someone needs is a grape and a microwave oven. The effect makes for a spectacular kitchen fireworks display. But don’t try this at home — it could damage your oven. The recipe is simple: Cut a grape in

Source: 13 WTHR Indianapolis KOKOMO, Ind. (WTHR) – A Howard County sheriff’s deputy caught a glimpse of the Geminid meteor shower while on patrol Wednesday night. Cpl. Chris Cramer was on SR 22 at CR 600 East west of Greentown around 11:45 p.m. when the bright green meteor flashed across the

Author: Matthew Cappucci / Source: Science News for Students They’re called shooting stars. In fact, they’re only bits of space rock burning up in Earth’s atmosphere. This month’s Geminid (JEM-in-id) meteor shower will briefly send streaks of light across the heavens after dark. The night of

Author: Matthew Cappucci / Source: Science News for Students A bright flash of light. Moments pass. Then a rumble. The ground shakes a little. It can be only one thing — thunder and lightning. Right? That’s what most residents of Eastern Michigan thought when they heard a boom just after 8 p.m.