Our affiliates observe, monitor, collect data on, study, and report on meteors, meteor showers, fireballs, and related meteoric phenomena. Please note that the AMS does not deal in meteorites.

Our affiliates observe, monitor, collect data on, study, and report on meteors, meteor showers, fireballs, and related meteoric phenomena. Please note that the AMS does not deal in meteorites.

Feb 22, 2024 · People across the eastern U.S. and in parts of Canada saw a dazzling light show on Wednesday night, as a fireball entered the atmosphere and burned up.

Aug 30, 2024 · Cameras across North Carolina and Tennessee captured a streak of bright light across the night sky early Friday. The American Meteor Society received around 140 reports …

Sep 5, 2023 · Hundreds watched in awe Sunday night as a fireball streaked across the mid-Atlantic. The fireball, which was an exceptionally bright meteor, first became visible 47 miles …

Oct 23, 2024 · A fiery meteor shot across the sky above the Great Lakes on Monday (Oct. 21) just after sunset, stunning witnesses from Michigan to New York, Kentucky and North Carolina.

Feb 21, 2023 · Hundreds of people across the northern United States and Canada saw a fireball crashing through the night sky on Sunday night, lighting up the dark for a split second.

A fireball is an unusually bright meteor that reaches a visual magnitude of -3 or brighter when seen at the observer’s zenith. Objects causing fireball events can exceed one meter in size.

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Nov 9, 2022 · While there is a possibility that the meteorite is the reason for the forest fire, scientist debunked it. Most of the meteorites that enters the Earth's atmosphere disintegrates …