Chunks of a meteorite which caused an enormous fireball in the skies above south-west England last month have been recovered by scientists. The largest is a 300g (10.5oz) lump which was found on a private driveway in the sleepy village of Winchcombe in the Cotswolds after being snared by Earth’s orbit. Other, smaller pieces were also … Read more
A meteorite may have been dropped somewhere over the UK by a record-breaking fireball that lit up parts of the night sky on Sunday night, scientists said. The small piece of an asteroid entered the Earth’s atmosphere at 30,000 miles per hour and may have landed on farmland just north of Cheltenham. The meteor was … Read more
A FIREBALL is set to light up the Australian sky on Sunday morning as a capsule containing the first asteroid samples returns to Earth – providing clues about the origins of our planet Japanese capsule carrying first sub-surface samples returning to earth A fireball will light up the sky over the South Australian outback when … Read more
Dramatic moment lorry explodes in huge fireball outside petrol station in Cambridgeshire By Darren Boyle for MailOnline Published: 23:28 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 00:38 GMT, 2 December 2020 More than 20 fire fighters battled a blaze which destroyed a truck near a petrol station in Cambridgeshire. Footage from the scene showed flames more … Read more
F1 driver Romain Grosjean’s car explodes into a fireball as he crashes into the barrier at the Bahrain Grand Prix… but is miraculously able to walk away with burns to his arms and legs By Jonathan Mcevoy For Mailonine Published: 14:20 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 14:35 GMT, 29 November 2020 Romain Grosjean suffered … Read more
‘Fireball’ meteorite that smashed into a frozen US lake in 2018 contains ‘pristine’ organic compounds that could shed light on the origins of life Footage of the fireball which soared across the sky on Jan 16, 2018 went viral It has now been studied and contains raw materials for life to form Meteorites billions of years ago … Read more
Motorcyclist is feared dead after a head-on crash with double decker bus that erupted into a fireball just yards from a children’s play area The bus and the motorbike collided in Filey, North Yorkshire at 5pm today A huge fireball engulfed both vehicles with the blaze spreading to a playground Horrified children witnessed the tragic … Read more
Stunning fireball seen over Australia ‘was the remnants of a Russian rocket taking a missile warning system into space’, expert claims Video footage shows orange fireball lighting up the southern Australian skies Experts say it was an object from the launch of a Russian intelligence satellite The Kremlin’s new constellation of satellites will trace ballistic missile … Read more
Bizarre fireball spotted over Hull last night ‘may have been a meteor from the annual Lyrid shower’ Rebecca Holmes saw the fiery event happen from her home in Bransholme, Hull Images but no video circulated online of the bizarre celestial event Experts say it was most most likely caused by a meteor from the Lyrid shower … Read more
British scientists have launched a ‘Fireball Network’ of cameras to track meteorites striking the UK and triangulate the position of the fallen space rocks. The camera network — which will ultimately span ten different sites — will allow scientists to send out search teams to recover meteorites for analysis. Studying meteorite samples allows researchers to gain … Read more