See the wildly bright fireball meteor that lit up the UK sky on Sunday Amanda Kooser , provided by
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The UK Meteor Network caught a view of the spectacular Feb. 28, 2021 fireball from a vantage point in England.UK Meteor Network
Humans have spent centuries developing ever-more-spectacular fireworks, but it s still hard to compete with what space can throw at us. Observers in parts of the UK witnessed an eye-opening show when a massive, slow-moving fireball made its way across the night sky late Sunday.
The UK Meteor Observation Network (Ukmon), a citizen science group that tracks meteor sightings, said it received over 800 eyewitness reports and doorbell and dashcam videos of the fireball. Surprisingly many people reported hearing either a sonic boom or a rumbling noise, the organization said in a statement on Mon