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Bright Fireball over San Francisco Bay
Over 120 reports from 3 states The AMS has received over 120 reports so far about of a bright fireball seen above the San Francisco area on December 19th, 2018 around 5:35am PST (November 20th 01:35...
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Ancient petroglyphs suggests that a meteor has been observed in ancient times...
The pre-history of Morocco goes back thousands of years, as is evidenced by the many rock art engravings or petroglyphs in many areas. Three petroglyphs found near Ida Ou Kazzou could suggest that...
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Bright Fireball over the East Coast
Over 575 reports from 11 states The AMS has received over 575 reports so far about of a bright fireball seen above the East Coast area on January 9th, 2019 around 6:34am EST (11:34 Universal Time). The...
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Meteorite hits Cuba with huge sonic boom
Caught on Weather Radar The US National Weather Service twitted that its radar may have detected a huge meteor (a fireball) near Viñales, Cuba around 1:21 pm last Friday (February 1st 2019)....
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Fireball over Colorado
60 reports from 4 states The AMS has received 60 reports so far about of a bright fireball seen above Montrose, CO on Thursday January 7th, 2019 around 6:13pm MST (Jan 8, 2019 – 01:13 Universal Time)....
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Meteorite Dropping Fireball photographed from a Plane
Few weeks ago, we shared with you this amazing photo of a meteor taken from a plane by IMO member Filipp Romanov on a Moscow-Vladivostok flight on October, 31th, 2018): Aurora Borealis from airplane...
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Fireball over US Northern East Coast on March 28th, 2019
Over 260 reports from 14 states The AMS has received over 260 reports so far about of a bright fireball seen above the Ashokan Reservoir, NY on Thursday, March 28th 2019 around 6:13am EST (10:13...
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Fireball over North & South Carolina on April 4th, 2019 6:50am EST
Over 900 reports from 8 states The AMS has received over 900 reports so far about of a slow and bright fireball seen above South and North Carolina on Thursday, April 4th 2019 around 6:50am EDT (10:50...
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2 Fireballs caught on the night of 16 to 17 April, 2019
Last night was a busy night for the AMS: 2 very bright fireball events occurred less than 6 hours apart. If you witnessed one of these events and/or if you have a video or a photo of these events,...
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Daytime Bright Fireball over danish border on Sept. 12th 2019
Over 500 reports from 4 countries Only few minutes after the event, the AMS and its international partners (IMO, Vallende Sterren, Werkgroep Meteoren, UKMON and Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) started...
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Fireball spotted over Missouri on Nov. 11th, 2019
Over 300 reports from 8 states The AMS has received over 300 reports so far about of a bright fireball seen above Missouri on Monday, November 11th 2019 around 8:52pm (Nov. 12th 02:54 Universal Time)....
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Viewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2019
2012 Geminid Meteor Shower over the Canary Islands © StarryEarth / Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 50.0 mm, ISO 3200 – composite The most dependable meteor shower Year in and...
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New Year Meteorite recovered in Italy
The AMS and its partners PRISMA (Italy) and the IMO (Intl) have received about 50 reports about of a bright fireball seen above the Province of Modena (North of Italy) on Wednesday, January 1st 2020...
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Bright fireball flashes over Cyprus on January 21th, 2019
Over 185 reports from 3 countries The AMS and its international partner the International Meteor Organization (IMO) received more than 185 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over...
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Fireball caught on AllSky6 camera over SoCal
Over 60 reports from California The AMS received more than 60 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over California on January 30th, 2020 around 06:30 UT (22:30 PST). The AMS #2020-531...
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Fast Fireball caught over Arizona on February 26th
Nearly 50 reports so far The AMS received nearly 50 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over Arizona on February 16th, 2020 around 12:33 UT (05:33 MST). The AMS #2020-980 event was...
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Two fireballs back to back over California
Two big fireballs over California in two days The AMS received over 110 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over California (LA area) on June 10th, 2020 around 3:33 Universal Time (June...
View Article2021 Meteor Shower Calendar
The 31st International Meteor Organization Meteor Shower Calendar is available! Our friends at the IMO just released their annual meteor shower calendar for 2021. The main intention of the annual...
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Bright Fireball caught above Ohio
More than 700 reports from 15 states The AMS received more than 700 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over Ohio on September 30th, 2020 around 10:24 Universal Time (06:24 EDT). The...
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Fireball caught over the East Coast on Nov 8
More than 280 reports from 12 states The AMS received more than 280 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over Connecticut and New York on November 8th, 2020 around 19:22 EST (November...
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