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Fireball seen across the southeastern U.S. was a meteor, NASA says
NASA has now confirmed that the mysterious fireball seen across the southeast was a meteor – weighing in at a ton and ...
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.
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 ...
Residents express amazement after seeing fireball streak across the southern sky
More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern U.S. states have now reported witnessing a mysterious object streak across ...
What we know about the fireball seen across several states Thursday
A meteor possibly traveling at speeds of up to 40,000 mph lit up the sky across multiple states. A South Carolina expert ...
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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 ...
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Dashcam captures meteor streaking through South Carolina sky
Dashcam footage shows a meteor streaking through the sky in Williamston, South Carolina, on Thursday (June 26). The American ...
Rare 'bolide' fireball falls from sky, sightings reported across Southeast U.S.
Sightings have come from Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The National Weather Service station in Charleston noted the reports, saying that "satellite-based lightning detection ...
Meteor Fragments Hit the Southeast U.S. Here's What to Know
The brilliant flash, which was accompanied by a sonic boom that many mistook for an earthquake, resulted in hundreds of calls ...