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Bolides

Bright Meteor Rocks Argentina Rock Concert

April 23, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Talk about a light show! A massive bolide was captured on video during a middle-of-the-night rock concert in Argentina on April 21, 2013. The band, Los Tekis performed at an outdoor concert venue and in perfect timing, right after the band [...]

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Russian Fireball Inspires Journey into the World of Meteorites

February 24, 2013

A little more than week ago a 7,000 ton, 50-foot (15-meter) wide meteoroid made an unexpected visit over Russia to become the biggest space rock to enter the atmosphere since the Tunguska impact in 1908. While scientists still debate whether it was asteroid or comet that sent a tree-flattening shockwave over the Tunguska River valley, we know [...]

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Recent UK Fireball Could Not Have “Skipped” Around the World, New Analysis Says

October 8, 2012

The meteoroid seen over the UK on September 21, 2012 has created quite a sensation – make that a several sensations. First, the bright object(s) in the night sky were seen across a wide area by many people, and the brightness and duration – 40 to 60 seconds reported and videoed by some observers – [...]

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Fireball Over California Exploded with Force of 5 Kilotons

April 24, 2012

A daytime fireball over the skies of central/northern California on Sunday morning, April 22, 2012 caused a loud explosion and the event was also detected on several seismographs stations in the area. According to Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office, the source of the blast was a meteoroid about the size of a [...]

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