A bright fireball lit up the skies over the United Kingdom and neighboring parts of northern Europe at around 23:24 UTC on April 12 (00:24 BST on April 13), 2026. Trajectory analysis indicates the object burned up over the North Sea, while witness reports described a bright green fireball with terminal flaring and fragmentation.
A daylight fireball was observed across multiple northeastern U.S. states at 18:34 UTC on April 7, 2026, producing 260 eyewitness reports and multiple videos and photographs. The object entered the atmosphere above the Atlantic Ocean and disintegrated over New Jersey after traveling more than 180 km (112 miles).
Asteroid 2026 FS5 passed Earth at a distance of 0.120 LD (0.00031 AU / 46 133 km / 28 666 miles) from the center of our planet at 11:40 UTC on March 22, 2026, becoming the third closest known asteroid flyby within 1 lunar distance recorded so far this year. Its closest point was about 39 762 km (24 707 miles) above Earth’s surface.
A bright fireball streaked across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Ontario at 01:31 UTC on March 24, 2026 (21:31 local time on March 23) before disintegrating over Michigan.
A bright fireball was observed over California, Arizona, and Nevada at 03:18 UTC on March 23, 2026. NASA data shows the meteor traveled approximately 93 km (58 miles) through the atmosphere before disintegrating, with no damage or meteorite recovery reported.
A bright fireball was observed over the Houston, Texas area at 21:40 UTC on March 21, 2026, producing sonic booms as it broke apart in the atmosphere. NASA said the event was detected by Geostationary Lightning Mappers aboard GOES satellites, while local officials reported that a possible meteorite fragment struck a house in north Houston.
A bright daylight meteor accompanied by a loud boom was observed over parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio at around 13:01 UTC (09:01 local time) on March 17, 2026. The event was detected by satellite-based lightning mapping systems and reported widely by residents. No confirmed impacts have been reported.
A bright fireball was observed over western Turkey on March 15, 2026, with residents across Uşak Province reporting a slow-moving luminous object crossing the night sky for more than 20 seconds, suggesting a likely rare Earth-grazing meteor skimming the upper atmosphere.
A bright fireball crossed the sky over western Europe at 17:55 UTC (18:55 local time) on March 8, 2026, producing meteorites that struck residential buildings in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Several fragments penetrated roofs in the city’s Güls district and damaged houses, while meteorites were recovered shortly after the event. No injuries were reported.
Astronomers have ruled out a potential Moon impact by asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 22, 2032 after precise measurements from the James Webb Space Telescope refined the object’s orbit. The asteroid, once briefly considered among the most closely monitored impact risks discovered in the past two decades, will instead pass safely beyond 20 000 km (12 400 miles) from the Moon.
