Dashcams, Tweets Show Bright Daytime Fireball Over Ontario, Canada on May 4

Dashcams, Tweets Show Bright Daytime Fireball Over Ontario, Canada on May 4

Taken in Port Hope, ON at 4:20 pm. Looked like meteor exploding. Heard BOOM. Then rumble. Ground shook #meteor pic.twitter.com/RQfZ7r55Do

Taken in Port Hope, ON at 4:20 pm. Looked like meteor exploding. Heard BOOM. Then rumble. Ground shook #meteor pic.twitter.com/RQfZ7r55Do

Here's the photo of the #meteor contrail over GTA and Durham! Saw this from Whitby.... Seeing this made my day pic.twitter.com/gINzrFeMc9

Here's the photo of the #meteor contrail over GTA and Durham! Saw this from Whitby.... Seeing this made my day pic.twitter.com/gINzrFeMc9

Sonic boom you felt. RT @island_gurl75: #meteor strikes or explodes near #Peterborough. We felt 4 big bangs, felt like a car hit the house!

Sonic boom you felt. RT @island_gurl75: #meteor strikes or explodes near #Peterborough. We felt 4 big bangs, felt like a car hit the house!

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com