An unusually bright meteor lit up the sky over Norway on Saturday night. The meteor - sometimes called a bolide for its particularly intense brightness - could be seen by much of southern Norway.

We're now just past the midpoint of astronomical winter — that moment marking the midway point between December's winter solstice and March's vernal equinox. That moment took place at 4:11 p.m.

Aurora borealis over in the dark night sky over the snowy mountains on the sea coast at the Lofoten ... [+] islands, Norway. Northern lights over a winter landscape or polar lights in the starry ...