The meteor, which broke up and may have fallen to earth, lit up the Michigan sky around 6 p.m. Video recordings of the fireball were shared across social media. The streaking object was seen across Michigan. Multiple social media users commented, sharing photos and video of a brilliant, greenish object streaking through the sky.

A popular science TikToker explained discoveries on the asteroid Bennu after NASA brought samples back to Earth from 39 million miles away - finding 'building blocks' essential for life

NASA has unveiled a series of new discoveries that make the possibility of alien life elsewhere in the universe more realistic than ever.

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, according to studies published Dec 2.

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something NASA is calling "space gum?"

NASA revealed that scientists discovered sugars that are “essential” to life and a “gum-like” substance on the space rock Bennu

Four near-Earth asteroids are set to make close approaches to Earth within a 24-hour period, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed. Scientists stress that all four objects will pass safely at millions of miles away.

Analyzing pristine fragments of the asteroid delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023, a team led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University in Japan found ribose, a crucial building block of RNA, and glucose, an energy-rich sugar used by nearly all life on Earth.

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a reminder that the moon and Earth are getting hit all the time by space debris.”