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Space.com on MSN1d
Rare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia
A fireball, or a bright meteorite, was seen across the southeastern United States on Thursday and later exploded over Georgia ...
Video shows fireball meteor explode in broad daylight. How rare is this cosmic phenomenon?
Fireballs fall on the Earth every day—but the one that just streaked across the southeastern U.S. this week was unlike the ...
CNET on MSN19h
Look Up on Friday Night and You Just Might See the Bootids Meteor Shower
Some folks already caught a sci-fi-level glimpse of it on Thursday, when a blazing meteor put a hole in a Georgia house.
Fox Weather on MSN2d
Fireball meteor believed to have crashed into Georgia home after sending shockwaves across Southeast
A possible bright fireball shot across the Southeast sky on Thursday afternoon startling anyone who heard or felt it, ...
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 to the annual Bootid meteor shower.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution20h
Meteor over Georgia delights, intrigues scientists, space lovers
Meteor spotted over Georgia, Southeast, reports say “It’s like a miniature gold rush,” he said of the quest to find meteorites. “It’s worth more ...
People reported earthquakes and fire in the sky. It was probably a meteor.
The fireball is presumed to be from a meteor fragmenting in the sky, according to meteorologists and other experts.
Residents express amazement after seeing mystery object streak across the sky
More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a mysterious object streak across the sky.