YouTube channel 'Exoss Citizen Science' reports a fireball sighting today in China:
A HUGE fireball (meteor) appeared over Jinghong city, China yesterday, June 1 (13:40 UT)! Sonic booms were reported, indicating the fireball likely penetrated lower than 30 km and quite possibly dropped meteorites!
Video: Xiao Jia Gong Gong via @Exos Citizen Science
Local Chinese news outlets report that the phenomenon was seen from Simao, that it was very bright, lasted about 2 seconds and was accompanied by two loud noises - presumably sonic booms. One Mr. Zhou from Dongfeng, Jinghong, heard the noise from inside his home.
This meteor event was recorded over the Mediterranean Sea on 23 May 2018 at 1:37 local time (23:37 universal time on 22 May).
The event was produced by a fragment from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 90000 km/h. The fireball began at an altitude of around 89 km over the sea, and ended at a height of about 19 km.
The analysis of its atmospheric path shows that this was a meteorite-producing event. The meteorite would have fallen into the sea.
The event was recorded by the meteor observing stations operated by the SMART Project (University of Huelva) from the astronomical observatories of Calar Alto, La Sagra, La Hita and Sevilla.
A loud boom was heard around San Diego Wednesday afternoon.
A Carmel Valley resident sent a tweet at 12:26 p.m. asking if the noise was a sonic boom. Another person said their house rattled around the same time.
Felt it over here in Carmel Valley, too quick for an earthquake? Sonic boom?
Witnesses described seeing a fireball, similar to this stock photo, on May 15.
Fredericksburg-area residents reported that an object from outer space tore through the sky Tuesday, just before midnight, leaving in its wake a sonic boom heard by residents from Culpeper to Colonial Beach.
The meteor was "the brightest and most amazing fireball I've ever seen, in person or in any videos," wrote Chase K. of Dahlgren in his report to the American Meteor Society. The night sky appeared like a giant lightning strike and it was almost as bright as daylight when the primarily red and orange fireball was seen, he said.
He didn't notice any sound, but an observer who identified himself as William G. of Colonial Beach wrote in his report to the society that there was a loud boom and "ground shake similar to a military artillery round."
Don't even try telling Anderson Township resident Kimberly Kempke that the "boom" noise people are hearing around her community is nothing more than fireworks.
Anyone suggesting this obviously hasn't really heard the noise being referenced by people on her two Facebook groups - Watchful Eyes in Anderson and Watchful Eyes of Mt. Washington, she said.
The sounds are "true booms. They sound like a powerful explosion," Kempke said.
"It's unlike anything I've ever seen or felt before. And I've been very up close with the WEBN Fireworks many times," she added.
A fireball was captured in the Tucson AZ sky at 12:50 am using two cameras, a Nikon D810 with a 8 mm fisheye with 15 second long exposures and a Starlight Xpress Oculus all sky meteor camera with 30 second long exposures. The fireball left a smoke trail that persisted for a few minutes also shown.
Michelle Starr Science Alert Thu, 10 May 2018 12:00 UTC
Gliese 710 may be as dim as a red dwarf star, like Gliese 623 A (M2.5V) and B (M5.8Ve) at lower right.
According to new calculations, we may have a little less time to prepare for a star on course to kiss the edges of our Solar System.
Yep. Dwarf star Gliese 710, which we've known about for some time, could now arrive in 1.29 million years, instead of the previously calculated 1.36 million years.
Gliese 710 is what is classified as a rogue star - one that has gone roaming across the galaxy, free of the gravitational chains that normally hold stars in position.
At a speed of 51,499 kilometres per hour (32,000 miles per hour), it's not quite fast enough to be considered a runaway star, but it's still travelling at a hefty clip.
Comment: Whilst the flyby is apparently over a million years away, we should bear in mind that Gilese 710 is a body we know about and the predictions are based on our current models, because it is often the case that we are taken by surprise:
The American Meteor Society (AMS) has received 78 reports about a meteor fireball seen over the Brazilian states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Paraná on Monday, May 7th 2018 around 23:14 UT.
A video of the event was uploaded by Bramon, the Brazilian Meteor Observation Network.
Dan Alexander nj1015.com Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:19 UTC
A bright meteor described as "bright and beautiful" streaked across the sky over New Jersey on Thursday.
"I was driving Route 206 North just south of the Somerville Circle just before 9 p.m., and I saw something streak across the sky, with a pretty bright ball with a long tail. Then it just went dark," Lorna Morehead of Bridgewater told New Jersey 101.5.
Reports to the meteor reporting website amsmeteors.org came from New Jersey and neighboring Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York. In New Jersey, reports came from Keyport, Greenwich, Scotch Plains, Montclair, Lebanon, Manasquan, Rockaway, Franklin Lakes, and Springfield Township in Union County.
Comment: Whilst the flyby is apparently over a million years away, we should bear in mind that Gilese 710 is a body we know about and the predictions are based on our current models, because it is often the case that we are taken by surprise: