A bright light that lit up the sky over parts of Western Australia was most likely from a small meteor, according to experts.
Many early risers from Perth to the Goldfields took to social media on Sunday morning to report seeing a "fireball" tear through the sky just before 6am.
The appearance of the light was recorded by surveillance cameras operated by the Perth Observatory.
"It looks like it may have entered the atmosphere over the Central Wheatbelt heading from the north to the south around 5:57 am," the observatory's Matthew Woods said.
"It's most likely an iron meteor that's been orbiting within the inner Solar System."
Mr Woods said said the meteor would have heated up because of the friction caused when it came through the atmosphere.
A bright light illuminates the sky over the Pacific Ocean off Taitung County on Friday night. Photo courtesy of the Taitung County Goverment
A bright light that lit up the sky over the Pacific Ocean off Taitung County on Friday night was most likely a fireball, experts said Saturday.
Many residents throughout the southeastern county reported seeing the bright light at around 11:47 p.m. Friday, indicating that it was visible from Nantian Village in the south of the county to Changbin Township in the north, a distance of over 170 kilometers.
The appearance of the light in the night sky was recorded by coastal surveillance cameras operated by the Taitung County government and the East Coast National Scenic Area Administration.
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A bright green ball of fire that caused a sonic boom and lit up the Queensland night sky overnight was most likely a meteor, says an astrophysicist.
Experts say it coincided with the Lyrids meteor shower but the ball of light — seen from Queensland to southern NSW — appeared to be a different celestial event.
University of Southern Queensland astrophysicist Professor Jonti Horner said the event was likely caused by space debris: either a fragment of an asteroid or a comet.
He said it was unlikely to be made by humans because of the speed at which it travelled across the night sky.
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