Rocks from outer space are constantly hurtling toward Earth, slamming into the atmosphere and often exploding into fireballs that both delight and alarm people.

A meteor caused a loud boom heard across the Ohio Valley on March 17, but a meteor strike in the mid-Atlantic seems unlikely.

The March 2026 meteor frightened residents in both Ohio and Pennsylvania after many heard a loud explosion in the morning.

The western sky and social media lit up Tuesday morning when a meteor streaked through the atmosphere over northeast Ohio. Jared Rackley, an employee with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, caught video of the large fireball as the suspected meteoroid fell to earth.

NASA has confirmed a fireball meteor exploded over Ohio on March 17, with meteorites possibly hitting Medina County. Check out the videos.

Amateur astronomers no longer have to brave the frigid winter cold or humid summer nights to make important discoveries like in the past.

A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion

Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office, explains how a meteor fragmented over Medina County, unleashing 250 tons of TNT and producing a shock wave.