Origin of fireball spotted falling across UK discovered
An orange-sized space rock which blazed across the skies January 9 probably didn't make it to Earth.
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Jan 11, 2023
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News tagged with fireballs
'Unexpected' space traveler defies theories about origin of solar system
Researchers from Western have shown that a fireball that originated at the edge of the solar system was likely made of rock, not ice, challenging long-held beliefs about how the solar system was formed.
Astronomy
Dec 12, 2022
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Bright fireball may have dropped meteorites in Niagara region
A cosmic drama unfolded over southern Ontario on the night of Friday, Nov. 18, triggering an international collaboration and a meteorite hunt. Just before midnight Eastern time, the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona detected ...
Astronomy
Nov 22, 2022
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Equivalent to 1,800 metric tons of TNT: What we now know about the meteor that lit up the daytime sky above New Zealand
Meteorites hit New Zealand three or four times a year, but the fireball that shot across the sky above Cook Strait last week was unusual.
Astronomy
Jul 11, 2022
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Fireball spotted over southern Mississippi, NASA confirms
A loud boom prefaced a streaking fireball spotted in three Southern states, scientists confirmed Thursday.
Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2022
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All-sky cameras capture bright fireball event
A bright fireball was observed by a network of all-sky cameras across southern Ontario at 11:37pm on Sunday, April 17, 2022. Analysis of the video data suggests that fragments of the meteor are likely to have made it to the ...
Astronomy
Apr 19, 2022
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Dashcam detective work leads to recovery of space rocks from fireball over Slovenia
On 28 February 2020, at 10:30 CET, hundreds of people across Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Austria and Hungary observed a bright ball of light hurtling across the morning sky. This delivery of rocks from a distant asteroid to ...
Astronomy
Sep 21, 2021
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Where do meteorites come from? We tracked hundreds of fireballs streaking through the sky to find out
If asked where meteorites come from, you might reply "from comets." But according to our new research, which tracked hundreds of fireballs on their journey through the Australian skies, you would be wrong.
Space Exploration
May 14, 2021
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Midday fireball, boom thrill gazers from Ontario to Virginia
A noontime boom that was heard and felt from southern Ontario to Virginia was likely caused by a disintegrating meteor, according to an organization in western New York that keeps track of such phenomena.
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2020
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Desert Fireball Network scientists find two meteorites in two weeks
Curtin University researchers have discovered two meteorites in a two week period on the Nullarbor Plain—one freshly fallen and the other from November 2019.
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2020
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