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A week after a SpaceX crew module returned four astronauts from the ISS, their luggage module seems to have caused a wild show on its return.

Fireballs Appear Around the World as Parts of SpaceX Crew Dragon Scream Back to Earth

A video captured by an amateur astronomer in Japan shows a super-bright comet, also known as a bolide, exploding as it collides with Jupiter.

Object Crashes Into Jupiter, Explodes

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The European Space Agency carefully de-orbited its Aeolus satellite in July. Newly released images reveal its fiery, headlong descent.

Amazing Images Show Final Moments of Satellite Before It Burns Up Completely

By Frank Landymore

An array of fiery streaks was spotted soaring across the sky over Florida early Thursday morning, believed to be the remains of a deployed Chinese rocket.

Burning Rocket Debris Leave Epic Streak Across Florida Sky

By Frank Landymore

An eerie green meteor of unknown origin streaked across the night sky on Wednesday, drawing the attention of thousand of onlookers in Ireland and the U.K.

Video Shows Vivid Green Meteor Screaming Over Residential Area

By Frank Landymore

Residents of Indiana and surrounding states saw a massive fireball meteor hurtle through the atmosphere in the earliest hours on Saturday morning.

Videos Show Meteor So Bright It Lit the Entire Sky

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's Meteor Watch made sightings of at least five fireballs soaring through the sky over the US last Friday night at 32,000 mph.

Science & Energy

NASA Puzzled by Five Fireballs Over America in One Night

By Victor Tangermann

Strange balls of fire rained down on a Chilean island last week and astronomers have no idea what they are. Geologists have already ruled out meteorites.

Science & Energy

Flaming Objects Falling From Sky Were Not Meteorites, Experts Say

By Victor Tangermann

Four Fireballs Seen Over Eastern US Within 24 Hours

From Quarks to Quasars

Four Fireballs Seen Over Eastern US Within 24 Hours

By Joshua Filmer