2026 has started off with bright flashes of light in the sky — fireballs, a surprisingly common phenomenon that is often a once-in-a-lifetime sight to see.

A bright fireball was seen streaking across the St. Louis sky, linked to the Quadrantid meteor shower which is currently reaching its peak and producing especially bright and fast-moving meteors.

Residents in parts of New York City and New Jersey were shaken by a loud boom Tuesday morning, with NASA officials saying it was likely due to a daylight fireball meteor. A daylight fireball is a ...

The video of the fireball was captured by an ABC7 director as it was streaking across the sky, and was confirmed by the ...

The American Meteor Society confirmed the Saturday night sighting was definitely a fireball, and not a rocket launch or ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Stargazers in the Midwest spotted a fireball in the night sky this week, but the bright streak actually turned out not to be a meteor. NASA said the long-lasting fireball seen ...

Two annual meteor streams are due to become active in the coming week that have the potential to spawn dramatic fireballs in the runup to their November peaks. As their names suggest, meteors from ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The bright light from a fireball lit up the skies over Middle Tennessee early Tuesday morning. Security cameras across the region captured the blazing streak across the sky ...

Precursors of the molecules needed for the origin of life may have been generated by chemical reactions promoted by iron-rich particles from meteors or volcanic eruptions on Earth approximately 4.4 ...

There are no reports from any government agency confirming a meteor or asteroid strike in the Midland area. Neither NASA nor ...