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Local photographer captures rare meteor sighting in Cape May
Sunday night around 9:30 p.m. there was a bright green flash that lit up the night sky. Experts say people up and down the East Coast witnessed a meteor, or what astronomers call fireballs. NBC10’s Johnny Archer spoke to an expert and a photographer who happened to capture the rare moment on camera.
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‘These are pretty rare': Meteor captured on video seen near San Diego, Tucson, Las Vegas
Robert Lunsford, the person who sifts through reports of meteors at AMS, confirmed that what was seen was very likely a fireball.
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Museum Offering $25,000 to Whoever Finds a Piece of the Meteorite That Crashed in Maine
The hunt is on for a little piece of heaven that made history in Maine over the weekend — for the first time, a falling meteorite was spotted by radar in the state, NASA said. The space rock — rocks, actually, since it appears to have broken up — fell near the border with Canada just before noon on Saturday,…
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Huge Booms, Shaking Walls Caught on Video After Meteor Streaks Across South Texas Sky
Officials in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley are investigating whether a meteor smashed into the ground in Hidalgo County Wednesday afternoon after fielding calls about falling stars, loud booms and shaking walls.
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Meteor Moment: Videos Capture ‘Fireball' Light Up Night Sky in US Southwest
The meteor was first sighted 48 miles above northwestern Arizona, traveling at 30,500 miles per hour.
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Caught on Camera: ‘Fireball' Flies Over Arizona Sky
The American Meteor Society said it received 133 reports of a bright meteor, also known as a fireball event, that occurred over Arizona and Nevada on Monday.