A meteor that caused an earthshaking boom over suburban Pittsburgh on New Year's Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tonnes (27,200kg) of TNT, officials said. The National Weather Service in.
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I sure hope that the weather in your area calls for clear, moonless skies tonight. Today is Meteor Watch Day. It is always observed on June 30. The date was probably chosen to commemorate June 30, 1908, when a meteor explosion in Siberia knocked down trees in a 40-mile radius and struck people unconscious some 40 miles away. That theory is good enough for me.
Will you be lucky enough to see meteors streaking across the night sky? I hope so. Also called âshooting starsâ or âfalling starsâ, meteors are space debris and ice that enters the earthâs atmosphere. Meteors can be as small as specks of dust. As they enter the atmosphere at high speeds, they burn up, producing light as they streak across the night sky. Sometimes, you see them streak across the sky and disappear on the horizon. Other times, they end suddenly, burning out right before your eyes.