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Why the daytime fireball meteor that blasted over Atlanta was a rare sight
Objects from space are crashing into Earth’s atmosphere all the time. They just don’t always happen with the perfect timing ...
Meteorite hunters chase treasures after fireball streaks across Georgia
It only took Ed Albin a few steps on Sunday to spot it as he wandered onto an empty construction site in Henry County, about ...
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Meteorite Fireball Lights Up Parts of Georgia During the Day, Crashes Into a Home
The fireball was detected by the satellite on June 26, 2025, above the town of Oxford, Georgia, using an instrument to map ...
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Georgia science museum studying meteorite seen over metro Atlanta
A piece of outer space rock that blasted through the sky above metro Atlanta is now a part of Georgia's Tellus Science Museum ...
Fireball streaks over Georgia, Southeast U.S.
People are still in awe after seeing what many described as a "fireball" light up the sky Thursday across several states, ...
‘Scary’ Fireball Seen Shooting Across the Sky Confirmed as Meteor That Exploded with the Force of 20 Tons of TNT: See the Video
The ‘scary’ fireball that witnesses saw shooting across the sky in several U.S. states on June 26 has been identified. NASA ...
Rare daytime fireball over southeast US linked to Bootid meteor shower
A rare fireball seen over the Southeast last week was tied to the annual Bootid meteor shower. Find out how you can still ...
What is a fireball, and how often does rare event occur? See known SC meteorites
The object, identified as a fireball, "exploded 27 miles above West Forest, Georgia, unleashing an energy of about 20 tons of ...
Meteor mystery: Loud booms and fireball sightings shake Georgia, surprise residents
Reports are still developing, but many people have reported seeing something falling from the sky, noting it looked like a ...
Georgia science museum studying fragment from meteor that caused sonic boom as powerful as 20 tons of dynamite
A science museum in Georgia is studying a piece of a meteor that blazed over the Southeast last week and was later recovered ...
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Meteor over Georgia delights, intrigues scientists, space lovers
Richard Jakiel fell in love with outer space as a kid, and his enthusiasm never waned. Now 67, the Lithia Springs man, who has taught astronomy in Cobb County high schools and at universities, plans ...