Witnesses across the country called the emergency services after seeing the object streak across the sky.
A small space rock left a sizeable crater near Managua's international airport on Saturday night.
A meteor shower 470 million years ago is thought to have initiated an explosion of life on Earth.
Meteorologists in Albuquerque were left perplexed when several mysterious hits showed up on their radar.
Anders Helstrup had been parachuting over Norway when he was almost hit by a falling space rock.
An entirely new type of mineral has been identified within a meteorite discovered in Buenos Aires.
An intriguing meteorite believed to be from Mars is thought to contain signs of extraterrestrial life.
A meteorite impact on the lunar surface in September produced the brightest flash ever recorded.
A rock discovered in the Sahara desert has turned out to be the oldest Martian meteorite ever found.
Russian authorities have managed to haul a huge chunk of the meteor up from the bottom of a lake.
A set of ancient funeral beads discovered in Egypt are made from materials found in a meteorite.
The huge meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk produced a shockwave that circled the whole planet.
Scientist Andrei Zlobin believes he has identified three meteorite pieces in the Tunguska region.
Thousands of Argentinians reported witnessing the dazzling light display as the meteor exploded overhead.
A recent newspaper poll indicated that more than 50% did not believe that the event was a meteor.
More than 500 people have been injured after a meteor blasted across Russia's Ural Mountains today.
The astrobiologist has claimed that fossil diatoms found in a meteorite are proof of alien life.
A unique black meteorite found in the Moroccan desert has turned out to have come from the planet Mars.
Meteor impacts may have once heated up the water on Mars sufficiently for life to have developed.
Data collected by the rover's meteorological instruments indicates significant dust devil activity.