British police said on Monday that they were attending the scene of a fire believed to have been caused by a lightning strike on gas containers near the city of Oxford, England. Eyewitness video footage shows a huge fireball lighting up the night sky over the southern English city. The eyewitnesses said they felt a […]
WASHINGTON—Astronomers have observed what might be the “perfect explosion,” a colossal and utterly spherical blast triggered by the merger of two very dense stellar remnants called neutron stars shortly before the combined entity collapsed to form a black hole. Researchers on Wednesday described for the first time the contours of the type of explosion, called […]
A 12-million-year-old meteorite that fell to Earth in January 2018 is covered in more than 2,600 organic compounds, according to new research. Meteorites such as this one likely acted as messengers early in Earth’s history, delivering the building blocks of life, the researchers said. A fireball meteor was seen streaking across the sky over the […]
People living in Central New York who reported hearing a loud, fearful boom on Monday night can rest relatively easily — it was likely just a fiery rock from the far flung reaches of outer space.
The American Meteor Society said on Tuesday that witness reports of a “boom,” which was accompanied by a bright streak of light across the sky, was likely a large fireball entering the Earth’s atmosphere over Lake Ontario.
Hurtling towards the earth 30 times faster than a rifle bullet, a 1,400-ton fireball exploded with the energy of 10 Hiroshima bombs in a blinding flash on the night of Dec 18, 2018, becoming the third largest meteor impact in modern times. However, the explosion, 25 miles above the remote Bering sea, had no witnesses […]
A large fire broke has broken out on the rooftop of a university in the French city of Lyon. Videos and photos posted on social media on Jan. 17 show thick black smoke billowing from the flaming building top, before a large fireball explodes with a bang across the top of the roof. Below the […]
Dozens of people witnessed a ‘meteor’ lighting up the night sky in Mindarie, Western Australia. Last night at around 7:40 p.m. local time, many people called various authorities to report that a blue light was streaking through the sky before it became really bright and hit the ground, Perth Now reported. Robyn Garratt witnessed the event from […]
On February 28th a fireball was spotted in the sky in Tasmania. It was seen and photographed by locals of the capital Hobart. According to Airservices Australia the object was just an aeroplane, which was highlighted by the morning sun. The physicists at the University of Tasmania have the same opinion, since according to them the […]
