• Bright green fireball blazes over Ireland

    A bright green meteor flashed through the night sky over Ireland before 19:00 LT on October 29, 2019. So far, 71 reports about the fireball were logged with the American Meteor Society (AMS). "We received 71 reports about a fireball seen over County Cavan,…

  • Asteroid 2019 UB8 to fly by Earth at 0.5 LD on October 29

    A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 UB8 will fly by Earth at a distance of 0.50 LD / 0.00127 AU (189 989 km / 118 053 miles) at 06:30 UTC on October 29, 2019. This is the 58th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year…

  • NASA presents nearly 20 years of global rain

    NASA has presented its near-global estimate of rain and snow covering the past 19 years. The release allows scientists to study both long term and short term trends in Earth's precipitation. NASA's IMERG or the Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for…

  • Spectacular meteor seen shooting across central Trinidad

    A local from central Trinidad caught footage of a meteor flashing across the night sky over Trinidad on October 15, 2019. According to Trinidad and Tobago Weather Center, the meteor was spotted sometime between 23:00 and midnight UTC (19:00 – 20:00 LT). The meteor…

  • Bright fireball seen over eastern France

    A brilliant meteor was spotted in the Eastern part of France at 04:48 UTC on October 13, 2019. The fireball was seen not only from France but also from parts of Germany, all over Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. ​The Fireball Recovery and…