NASA documents the Lyrid meteor shower.

Help data collection by reporting your fireball sighting, its easy!

Do you want to know where and when to look for the next spectacle in the sky?

Curious how scientists study Meteorites? How we learn the content, age and origin of space rocks?

Have fun while learning the facts about the results of asteroid and meteor impacts on the earth!

A coordinated effort among many astronomers resulted in the prediction of the impact location for this meteor

Apparently earth is bombarded with an estimated 50 tonnes of meteorites daily, some of them retrieved by scientists, collectors and enthusiasts!

Meet the Stars at the Flagstaff Star Party!

The NASA James Web Space telescope suffered an unavoidable micrometeoroid strike to one of the primary mirror segments, but this was to be expected and was prepared for!

Studied since its discovery in the Sahara Desert, NWA (for “North West Africa”) 7034 has been studied, and more recently the crater on Mars from which this meteorite was ejected has been determined!

This year NASA was able to predict a non -hazardous arrival of a small asteroid, including where on earth it would reach our atmosphere, before disintegrating.

Last month there was an exciting fireball captured on video over Mississippi, and this month another bright one over England!

Hard to think something so remote, distant and rare will actually land somewhere someone will see, but just last month a meteorite crashed through a roof and landed on someone’s bed in Canada!

There is growing evidence supporting a theory of the early human development from hunter-gatherer to agrarian societies my have/could have been triggered by the dramatic environmental changes to the planet caused by a meteorite impact.

Not all meteors make it to earth….whole, or even in part. And we know from the history of Barringer Meteor Crater that even if they do strike earth, they may still vaporize and burn up, leaving almost nothing but fragments.

Yes, its true, there is a place to report your sightings of meteor “fireballs” in the sky near your location. This website with the American Meteor Society tracks the frequency and reports of these shooting stars! How interesting to see how often and how many people also witness these unusual events all on one website.

A new documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer explores how meteorites have impacted our planet’s landscapes and cultures around the world! Featuring stunning cinematography as they travel all continents, sharing indigenous traditions, science, and the possibility of a catastrophic impact in the future. This film premiers on Apple TV November 13.

IMAX has released a new film this month, Asteroid Hunters narrated by Daisy Ridley! Dramatic yet scientific, this film discusses the potential for an asteroid to head for earth and what is being done about it. Barringer Meteorite Crater is aptly featured, as it is considered the best preserved/most visible meteorite crater

Image Courtesy NASA/George Varros / Public domain

Watch for the Draconids this week!