NASA estimates around 44 tonnes of meteoritic material fall towards Earth each day. Almost all of it is vaporised in the atmosphere, leaving glowing streaks visible across the night sky.

TOKYO: The night sky across southern Japan was briefly lit up late on Tuesday (Aug 19), after a glowing ball of light was ...

A throbbing fireball lit up the night skies this week, conjuring images of an alien invasion. Experts, however, say the dramatic scene Tuesday evening over Kyushu and Shikoku in Western Japan was ...

A fireball meteor tore through the Earth's atmosphere and lit up the sky with bright blue light in Japan's Kyushu and Shikoku, with Fukuoka Airport's camera catching the event on footage.Several ...

The skies above southern Japan were illuminated late on Tuesday evening after dust or asteroid fragments burnt up in the ...

Social media has been abuzz with users in Japan reporting sightings of a mysterious object that briefly lit up skies acro ...

Through a press release, global shipping line Cool Carriers announced the delivery of its latest reefer vessel to Shikoku ...

Foreign residents in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, took part in the Buddhist practice of "shabutsu," in which they traced ...

A car’s dashcam recorded a glowing fireball descending through the sky over parts of Kyushu and Shikoku. Video credit: ...

Meteors are when meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere, or of any other planet, at high speed and burn up, resulting in ...

A fireball meteor lit up Japan’s Kyushu and Shikoku, following a rare Perseid meteoroid cluster. NASA notes 44 tonnes of ...