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Fireball seen as meteorite streaks through sky over Georgia and South Carolina
The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball sighting from observers in Georgia and South ...
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Rare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wyoming Valley Mall is closed Friday for a 3rd consecutive day due to ...
What is a fireball, and how often does rare event occur? See known SC meteorites
The object, identified as a fireball, "exploded 27 miles above West Forest, Georgia, unleashing an energy of about 20 tons of TNT," per CBS News.
Rolling Out13d
Georgia meteor fireball caught on camera – real or fake?
Discover how NASA, radar systems, and physical evidence confirm the authentic Georgia meteor fireball that streaked across ...
Astronomy professor explains 'fireball' meteor sighted in skies of Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas
Mercer University physics and astronomy professor Matthew Marone says the sighting is not uncommon, and it's likely connected ...
Giant Fireball Streaks Across The Sky In Broad Daylight Before Smashing Into A House
A bright fireball streaked across the daytime sky, astonishing onlookers and generating a sonic boom that rattled homes from ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
Ultra-Bright Meteor Seen in Broad Daylight, Stunning Residents Across the Southeast
More than 200 sightings were sent to the American Meteor Society, and a Georgia resident reported a rock falling through a ...
Mysterious ‘bright fireball’ streaks across sky in southeastern U.S., sparking amazement
More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states reported witnessing a mysterious object in the sky Thursday.
Fireball; poop cruise; DNA and an old murder case: Down in Alabama
If you’ve been following Alabama news for a few years, you remember the poop train, a controversy in Central Alabama that ...
The Independent12d
People in six states see mystery ‘fireball’ streak across sky
Broad daylight sighting is rare Meteors and other space debris frequently enter Earth’s atmosphere, but it is rare for an object to be so bright it can easily be seen in broad daylight.
Atlanta News First on MSN13d
PHOTOS: Fragments from meteor show up in Henry County
Some fragments plummeted into a Henry County home, leaving behind a hole in the ceiling about the size of a golf ball and a ...
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Rare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have ...
"Daylight fireballs are rare in that it takes a large object (larger than a beachball compared to your normal pea-sized meteor) to be bright enough to be seen during the day," said Robert Lunsford ...