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Bright fireball explodes over southern Texas

Written byTeo Blašković Saturday, November 21, 2020Friday, March 4, 2022 Updated onFriday, March 4, 2022 18:26 UTC

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A bright fireball exploded over southern Texas, U.S. at around 02:58 UTC on November 20, 2020.

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 50 reports from Texas, U.S., and Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

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Fireball over southern Texas on November 3, 2020 – heatmap. Credit: AMS

Featured image credit: R. Hallman

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Teo Blašković

I'm a dedicated researcher, journalist, and editor at The Watchers. With over 20 years of experience in media industry, I specialize in hard science news, focusing on extreme weather, seismic and volcanic activity, space weather, and astronomy, including near-Earth objects and planetary defense strategies. You can reach me at teo /at/ watchers.news.

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