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fromMail Online
1 week ago

Thousands left baffled as green 'missile' flashes over multiple states

A bright green meteor was seen across the western US, traveling at 35,000 mph before disintegrating in the atmosphere.
fromNature
4 months ago

From the archive: Do sunspots affect the price of corn?

Crop prices correlate with an 11-year solar period, and a meteor detonates over Ireland, in this week's pick from the Nature archive. 100 years ago doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03455-0 This article features text from Nature's archive. By its historical nature, the archive includes some images, articles and language that by twenty-first-century standards are offensive and harmful. Find out more.
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fromMail Online
5 months ago

'Meteor' streaks through UK skies tonight leaving lucky gazers in awe

'My next thought was fireworks but I'm 90% sure it wasn't that, and there was no explosion. 'For reference it was about the same size as the full-ish moon tonight, visible through the clouds, but as a much brighter blue green color and, again, moving quite fast. 'It was a very odd combination of speed, size and brightness and didn't look like anything I've ever seen in the sky here before.'
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fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

My house and the earth shook visibly': blazing meteor thrills residents in central Victoria

A large meteor streaked across central Victoria's night sky, accompanied by a loud sound and visible fragments.
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fromwww.npr.org
9 months ago

What's that in the sky? We're not sure, but the fireball was very bright

A bright object, possibly a meteor or space junk, was reported streaking across the Southeast U.S. and falling in Georgia.
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