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A meteor traveling 75,000 miles per hour lit up the sky over Boston before exploding 40 miles above ground. The natural fireball shook houses across multiple states and released energy equivalent to 300 tons of TNT.
A dazzling meteor flashed across Tasmania's night sky Sunday, turning everything bright green and giving lucky stargazers a show they'll never forget. The cosmic visitor, possibly from Halley's Comet, broke apart in the atmosphere just before 9:30pm.
A baseball-sized space rock punched through a Houston roof Saturday after NASA tracked a meteor blazing across Texas skies at 35,000 mph. Despite the dramatic entrance, everyone stayed safe in what experts call a rare cosmic close call.
When a rare meteor exploded over Ohio, treasure hunters from across North America rushed to find fragments worth thousands of dollars. The six-foot meteor left behind 200 to 300 pounds of valuable space rocks scattered across northeast Ohio.
A Marlborough woman hunting for auroras accidentally captured a spectacular fireball meteor that lit up the South Island sky and came with an audible boom. The brilliant space rock streaked across the screen at 4:22am, delighting citizen scientists tracking New Zealand's night sky.
A stunning streak of light captured over Wellington has given skygazers a rare celestial show. While the mysterious visitor may have been a meteor or space debris, it reminded us of the universe's constant connection to Earth.