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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Fox Weather on MSN1d
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, ...
CNET on MSN17h
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 32 Chicago23h
'Fireball' seen falling from sky over Southeast confirmed as meteor, possibly hit Georgia home
NASA confirmed a meteor entered Earth's atmosphere over Georgia, disintegrating with energy equivalent to 20 tons of TNT.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution19h
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 ...
AOL20h
Meteor Fragments Hit the Southeast U.S. Here's What to Know
Yesterday, one of those space boulders exploded in the skies over Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina ... resulted ...