Tag: fireball
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Your Complete Guide To This Week’s ‘Fireball’ Meteor Shower
Overview: A Night of Fireballs Under a Supermoon This week brings a dramatic meteor spectacle as the Southern Taurids reach their peak, lighting up skies in the Northern Hemisphere just after the rise of a landmark supermoon. While Taurids are known for long, slow-moving fireballs rather than blazing meteor storms, the combination with a bright,…
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Taurid Meteor Shower 2025: Fireball Potential Peaks in November
The Taurid Meteor Showers Return in October 2025 Two long-running meteor streams — the Northern Taurids and the Southern Taurids — are active again in 2025, offering stargazers a chance to witness nightly meteor activity and, on occasion, spectacular fireballs. These Taurid streams share a common origin in the orbit of the wandering comet 2P/Encke…
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Bolide Sighting Across Estrie: Bright Meteor Spotted
Abolide Sighting Across the Estrie Sky On Sunday evening, a rare astronomical event lit up the skies for witnesses across a broad swath of North America, from Maine in the United States to Côte-Nord and the Estrie region in Quebec. Descriptions from observers indicate a bright bolide—a meteor so luminous that it can briefly outshine…
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Rare Bolide Fireball Spotted Across Estrie and Maine
What is a bolide? A bolide is a bright meteor that explodes or fragments as it travels through the Earth’s atmosphere. It often emits a momentary, intense light—sometimes brighter than the Moon—and can leave a short-lived, glowing trail that fades quickly after the flash. Eyewitness reports from Estrie to Maine According to multiple accounts, a…
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Bolide Sighting Across Estrie: Rare Fireball Visible Sunday Evening
What is a bolide? A bolide is a particularly bright meteor, often brighter than the planet Venus and sometimes rivaling the brightness of the Moon. These events occur when a meteoroid—an object measuring a few centimeters to several meters—enters Earth’s atmosphere at high velocity and burns up, sometimes leaving a glowing trail or train. Bolides…
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Fireball Over Delhi-NCR: Chinese Rocket Debris or Meteor?
Introduction In the early hours of September 20, a stunning fireball illuminated the skies over Delhi, Gurugram, and parts of Rajasthan, leading to widespread speculation about its origin. Reports suggest that this bright spectacle, observed around 1:20 AM IST, was likely debris from China’s Long March 3B rocket rather than a natural meteor. This incident…