Try searching for your own micrometeorites by collecting particulates from roofs or drain spouts. Use a magnet to see if any particles are attracted, and discard nonmagnetic ones. Use your microscope to identify any rounded, shiny ones — perhaps with a pitted surface — or signs of a melted outer surface. If so, you may have found a micrometeorite.

A streaking fireball that detonated with the force of 250 tons of TNT, rattling windows in Northeast Ohio this week has some search for small, extraterrestrial fragments.

The National Weather Service stated in a Facebook post that the "loud boom" heard in northeast Ohio on Tuesday, March 17, was the suspected result of a meteor. The agency's Pittsburgh office said a "fireball" was spotted in the sky across parts of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.

Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth as part of a mysterious daytime fireball in late June missed striking a man near Atlanta, a researcher has found. By Adeel Hassan More than 50,000 meteorites have been found on Earth, scientists say, but only one ...

A likely meteor lit up the sky Tuesday over the Northeast. But how often do meteors actually hit the ground? (Photo: Tellus Museum)