Category: meteor

NASA Estimates Metrics of Exploding Meteorite That Shook Ground

PITTSBURGH—A meteorite that caused an earthshaking boom over suburban Pittsburgh on New Year’s Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tons (27,216 kilograms) of TNT, officials said. NASA’s Meteor Watch social media site said late Sunday a “reasonable assumption” of the speed of the meteorite at about 45,000…


Quadrantid Meteor Shower ‘Fireballs’ to Grace the Night Sky in January 2022—Here’s What You Need to Know:

How better to celebrate New Year’s than with a cosmic fireworks show? People will be setting off fireworks in spectacular fashion across the globe—from Tampa to Tokyo—ushering in 2022. But the heavens have a cosmic light show of their own in store—balls of fire shooting from the sky, called the Quadrantids, expected to peak early…


Photographer Captures Peak of a Meteor Shower as Sparks Are Seen Shooting Across the Sky

A photographer captured the incredible peak of a meteor shower—as sparks were seen shooting across the night sky. Uroš Fink, 31, photographed the picturesque annual Perseid meteor shower from a mountain in Slovenia on Aug. 7. “I could hardly wait for the day to come. Every year I am full of expectations to see the…


VIDEO: Doorcam Captures Shooting Meteor Exploding Into Huge Fireball Over Colorado

A flash of light, three times as bright as a full moon, lit up the night sky over the mountains of Colorado on Sunday, Oct. 3. As fall descends upon us, meteor season’s in full swing, and is expected to increase as we head further into October—It’s already started off with a bang. Multiple eyewitnesses,…


Photographer Captures the Moment a Meteor Appears to Shoot Into Mouth of Volcano in Indonesia

An Indonesian photographer recently captured a stellar streak of light, alleged to be a meteor, on camera in the skies above Mount Merapi volcano on the island of Java. Gunarto Song, a travel and landscape photographer, visited the site on the night of May 28 to capture photos of the mountain under the light of the…


Large Meteor Lights up Skies in Norway

HELSINKI—Norwegian experts say an unusually large meteor was visible over large parts of southern Scandinavia and illuminated southeast Norway with a powerful flash of light for a few seconds as many observers were reported to also hear a roaring sound afterward. The Norwegian Meteor Network said that it had analyzed and reviewed several videos of…