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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 ...
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.
Atlanta News First on MSN21h
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 ...
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 ...
Astrophysicist explains if the meteorite that landed in Georgia could be connected to the current meteor shower
"The thing is that time ranges when those meteors could occur," Moffett said. "It could be associated with that meteor shower ...
CNET20h
f You Look Up Friday Night, You Just Might See the Bootids Meteor Shower
Some folks may have caught a glimpse of it Friday afternoon when hundreds of people reported seeing a fireball in Georgia.