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A fireball was seen hurtling over Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona early Thursday, April 27, and videos show it exploded into multiple pieces before vanishing in the dark.
"The Tennessee fireball was caused by a 2-inch chunk of an asteroid moving at 46,300 miles per hour; the Michigan fireball was produced by a piece of a comet over 2 feet across, probably weighing ...
It entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 15 kilometres per second (9.3 mi/s) [2] in daylight over Utah, United States (14:30 local time) and passed northwards leaving the atmosphere over Alberta, Canada. It was seen by many people and recorded on film and by space-borne sensors. [3]
A particularly bright fireball recently lit up Appalachia as it streaked across the night sky before vanishing over North Carolina, according to NASA. ... The AMS received 175 witness reports from ...
The following is a list of bolides and fireballs seen on Earth in recent times. These are small asteroids (known as meteoroids ) that regularly impact the Earth. Although most are so small that they burn up in the atmosphere before reaching the surface, some larger objects may reach the surface as fragments, known as meteorites .
A large fireball lit up the skies over large portions the U.S. and Canada Monday evening. The American Meteor Society reported 436 sightings of the fireball, which was seen from northern Michigan ...
The majority of fireball sightings from around the region were reported between 3:30 and 4:15 a.m. "I was just washing my hands after showering at 3:40 something in the morning," said the report ...
On the evening of 12 February 1875 above Iowa a brilliant fireball was observed. About 100 meteorite fragments fell over a 18-square-mile (47 km 2) snowy countryside area from Amana to Boltonville in Iowa County.