Fireball meteor lights Japan's sky up
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A fireball was caught on multiple cameras lighting up the night skies in southern Japan on Tuesday evening. WSJ Opinion: Trump Ends Union Contracts for Thousands of Federal Workers David Boreanaz recalls Betty White shocking him with a risqué comment when they met on “Bones” Woman Buys Home,
A throbbing fireball lit up the night skies this week, conjuring images of an alien invasion. Experts, however, say the dramatic scene Tuesday evening over Kyushu and Shikoku in Western Japan was actually an unusually bright meteor.
It’s not that the fireballs weren’t there; it’s just that the moon happens to be in a large and reflective phase lately. Moonlight tends to brighten the whole sky, washing out otherwise visible objects like planets, stars and meteors.
People in Australia ’s Victoria reported a loud sonic boom that rattled houses as a meteor streaked past the night sky on Sunday. Footage of the space rock burning brightly was shared on social media by residents in Ballarat and Bendigo from 7:30pm local time.
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An intense flash of light that briefly turned night into day over Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima on Aug. 19 may have been caused by a bright meteor fireball, local weather officials say.
Scientists are studying what's left of the meteor that captivated the CSRA when it blazed across the daytime sky.