Bright fireball amazes Middle Tennessee: Understanding meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids

A meteor is in the Earth's atmosphere, entering at high speed and burning up before hitting Earth. These are often called ...
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The difference between a meteor, meteoroid, and meteorite

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A small sampling of emails related to two East Tennessee State University professors' social media posts in the wake of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk's death offer ...
The Washington Post

Fireball appears to explode over southeastern U.S.

Given the timing, it appears the bright flash was a meteor exploding. A fireball, or an exceptionally bright meteor, appears to have exploded in the skies over the southeastern U.S. on Thursday. The ...
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A buck moon will peak over NC, then a popular meteor shower. When to see it all

North Carolina stargazers are in luck this month. A pair of celestial events are expected to light up the night sky: an especially bright, full "buck" moon and a meteor shower that is expected to ...