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UPI on MSN · 1h

Meteor lights up the sky in Georgia, hits roof of home

A fireball that streaked across the sky over Georgia was identified as a large meteor, and a piece of the space debris crashed through the roof of a home.

USA TODAY on MSN · 18m

People reported earthquakes and fire in the sky. It was probably a meteor.

Bill Cooke, the chief of NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, told the USA TODAY Network that the space rock was about three feet in diameter and weighed more than one ton.

Time on MSN · 1h

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 and posts to the American Meteor Society (AMS), NASA’s recommended organization for reporting meteoric fireballs.

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The Post and Courier · 1h

NASA confirms meteor streaked across Southeast sky, allegedly crashing through a house

The National Weather Service said fireballs were spotted across the Southeast, including Charleston, South Carolina, a day before the June Bootid meteor shower.

OzarksFirst.com · 1h

Meteor flashes through the sky over the Southeast

AM has drawn much attention. The bright flash was seen in the skies over South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee, and over 200 reports have come in since.

Fireball stuns the Southeast after meteor explodes over Georgia

A meteor moving at 30,000 miles per hour lit up the skies over South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, causing a sonic boom and leaving debris behind. NASA says it's part of a rare but not unheard-of meteor event.

Space.com on MSN3h

Bootid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight: Here's what you need to know

The best time to see the June Bootids in the U.S. is in the hours following sunset on the night of June 27, when the radiant ...

2hon MSN

Boötid meteor shower may surprise with bright streaks over Maine skies

Meteor showers like the Boötids happen when Earth passes through debris left behind by a comet. In this case, the dust ...

2h

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 ...

Space.com on MSN5d

The 2025 Bootid meteor shower peaks June 27: Here's what to expect

Each day, around 48.5 tons (44,000 kilograms) of ancient debris dating back to the creation of our solar system collide with ...

Look Up Central New York: June Bootid Meteor Shower Peaks

To spot one, look toward the constellation Boötes in the northern sky—apps like SkyView or Star Walk can help. For best ...

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Stargazers gear up for National Meteor Watch Day with upcoming celestial shows

The Perseids are noted as one of the most popular meteor showers among sky watchers because it is visible and reliable, ...

Providence Journal on MSN12d

The famously unpredictable Bootids meteor shower is coming in June. Here's how to see it

The shower will be active from June 22 - July 2. The peak of this meteor shower will occur overnight from June 26-27, ...

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Where’d they go? Why June’s meteor showers often vanish

Bootids meteor shower is annually produced by debris from Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke. The event is often not visible from the ...

1don MSN

Connecticut astronomical experts weigh in on upcoming meteor shower

Fireballs have been reported across New England in recent days, but they’re not the only thing lighting up the night sky.

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