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The first hours after a fireball sighting are like a detective mystery. Recently, people across Melbourne took to social media to report sightings of a bright light slowly streaking across the sky. Video footage clearly shows the fireball break apart, with these fragments, in turn, burning up, meaning this object was big. An unexpected piece ...
In a major event for UK science, the meteorite that fell from the fireball that lit up the sky over the UK and Northern Europe on Sunday, February 28, has been found. Almost 300 g of a very rare meteorite, known as a carbonaceous chondrite, survived its fiery passage through the Earth’s atmosphere and landed ...
Citizens of the Chinese city of Shenyang were shocked recently when a massive fireball seemingly erupted out of nowhere, triggering panic among the public. It was later found out that the fire was caused by lightning. The fireball The incident took place in August near several tower blocks. Footage circulating online shows a loud bang ...