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‘Scary’ Fireball Seen Shooting Across the Sky Confirmed as Meteor That Exploded with the Force of 20 Tons of TNT: See the Video
NASA told PEOPLE the meteor was “moving southwest at 30,000 miles per hour” over Georgia before it disintegrated with extreme ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Meteorite believed to have hit Georgia home
Henry County Emergency Management Director Ryan Morrison said crews are investigating a home in McDonough after it has what ...
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.
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Meteor over Georgia delights, intrigues scientists, space lovers
Richard Jakiel fell in love with outer space as a kid, and his enthusiasm never waned. Now 67, the Lithia Springs man, who has taught astronomy in Cobb County high schools and at universities, plans ...
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Fireball Meteor Startles Residents Across Multiple States
A fireball meteor may have crashed into a Georgia home after lighting up skies and shaking buildings across the Southeast, ...
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 ...