I feel like it's 2020 again, either that or 2020 has bled through into in 2021. It figures that one of the largest asteroids known to man would want to do a fly-by in the middle of a freaking pandemic.
This asteroid, named 2001 FO32, is estimated to be about 3,000 feet diameter...
It's unclear if anyone here in Maine got a solid look at this flaming space-rock the other day, but if you did, chances are you could tell that it was moving pretty darn fast.
Well at least pieces are.
So no doubt you've seen video of the big ball of fire falling in the atmosphere from the Portland Police Dash cam. If not no worries, see below.
The bright light burning up in the atmosphere is a meteor, and if it lands on the Earth, it's called a meteorite...
The American Meteor Society, since early this morning (May 17) has received over 200 reports about a fireball being spotted over the Northeast around 12:50 am.
Last night (Dec. 29) according to the American Meteor Society, there were more than 330 reports of a bright fireball in the sky. More than three dozen Mainers reported the object that was seen as far south as Maryland.
I am always one for conspiracy theories when it comes to UFOs. Last evening in the Montreal area there was a a flash of light seen and a loud crashing boom heard at about 8 pm, but what was it? The crashing sound could also be heard in upstate New York. Was it a UFO? Was it a meteor breaking the sound barrier?
Very soon we will get a free light show in the sky. There are shooting stars this weekend and later this week we’ll be able to see the comet, ISON.
Over the past couple of days and I guess a few more days moving forward, we’re supposed to be entertained by meteor showers. I was outside last night off and on throughout the later part of the evening, but saw nothing.
Zombies. Man-killing space aliens. Killer clowns. It's okay if these are the first things that run through your mind when you watch this insane footage of a meteor landing in Russia. The meteor crashed into a building, and destroyed it. As of now, at least 1,000 people have been reported injured, and up to 3,000 buildings have suffered damage from the resulting shock waves caused by the meteor...
You've seen it a hundred times in countless sci-fi movies: an object from space comes hurtling towards Earth leaving a trail of thick smoke behind it as curious onlookers turn their heads to the sky, mouths agape. Only this time, it's real.
Over 500 people were injured in Chelyabinsk, Russia last night when a meteor came blazing into the atmosphere, exploded and sent fireballs raining down as citi
It may have looked like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, but a meteor racing across the sky in Russia had people scared out of their wits Friday morning.