News tagged with fireball
Meteorites found in Calif. along path of fireball
Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years so he knew he'd found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern ...
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Apr 26, 2012 |
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Fireball over California/Nevada: How big was it?
(Phys.org) -- A bright ball of light traveling east to west was seen over the skies of central/northern California Sunday morning, April 22. The former space rock-turned-flaming-meteor entered Earth's atmosphere ...
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Apr 25, 2012 |
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Massive fireball witnessed over the UK by countless observers
On the evening of March 3rd 2012 at approximately 21:40 GMT, an incredibly bright fireball/bollide was seen over the United kingdom.
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Mar 05, 2012 |
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The fireballs of February
In the middle of the night on February 13th, something disturbed the animal population of rural Portal, Georgia. Cows started mooing anxiously and local dogs howled at the sky. The cause of the commotion was ...
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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Mysterious light over Southwest likely a fireball
A brilliant light seen darting across the Southwest night sky was most likely a piece of asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere, a NASA scientist said Thursday.
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Sep 15, 2011 |
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High confidence meteorite fall in Northeast Ohio
On August 8 at 1:22 Eastern Daylight Time, 4 all sky cameras belonging to the Southern Ontario Meteor Network detected a fireball entering the atmosphere 54 miles above Lake Erie (80.944 W, 41.945 N), moving ...
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Aug 18, 2011 |
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Spring is fireball season
What are the signs of spring? They are as familiar as a blooming Daffodil, a songbird at dawn, a surprising shaft of warmth from the afternoon sun. And, oh yes, don't forget the meteors.
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Apr 01, 2011 |
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Some UFOs may be explained as ball lighting
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Australian scientist studying photographs of fireballs, UFO sightings and a report of a strange green light in the sky suggests some UFOs may be ball lightning caused by fireball meteors.
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Purdue unveils 'Impact: Earth!' asteroid impact effects calculator
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University on Wednesday (Nov. 3) unveiled ''Impact: Earth!'' a new website that allows anyone to calculate the potential damage a comet or asteroid would cause if it hit the Earth.
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Nov 03, 2010 |
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Scientists on the look-out for a 'Hartley-id' Meteor Shower
This month, Comet Hartley 2 has put on a good show for backyard astronomers. The comet's vivid green atmosphere and auburn tail of dust look great through small telescopes, and NASA's Deep Impact/EPOXI probe i ...
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Oct 27, 2010 |
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Wisconsin Fireball Caught On Tape
(PhysOrg.com) -- A rooftop webcam at the University of Wisconsin-Madison captured the final seconds of a fireball's Wednesday, April 14 descent into the atmosphere. A fireball is a meteor, or "shooting star," ...
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Apr 16, 2010 |
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Fireball Streaks Through Night Sky of Western Alabama (Video)
Vigilant sky watchers were treated to a fiery surprise in western Alabama sky on Friday, March 19.
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Mar 23, 2010 |
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How a cometary boulder lit up the Spanish sky
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last July, people in Spain, Portugal and France watched the brilliant fireball produced by a boulder crashing down through the Earth’s atmosphere. In a paper to be published in the journal ...
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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Fireball
A fireball is a somewhat spherical mass of fire, such that is caused by an explosion or a firestorm.
It may also refer to:
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