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Video footage shows space junk fireball over Australia

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Stunning fireball seen over Australia ‘was the remnants of a Russian rocket taking a missile warning system into space’, expert claims Video footage shows orange fireball lighting up the southern Australian skies  Experts say it was an object from the launch of a Russian intelligence satellite The Kremlin’s new constellation of satellites will trace ballistic missile … Read more

Bizarre fireball spotted over Hull last night ‘may have been a meteor from the annual Lyrid shower’

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Bizarre fireball spotted over Hull last night ‘may have been a meteor from the annual Lyrid shower’ Rebecca Holmes saw the fiery event happen from her home in  Bransholme, Hull  Images but no video circulated online of the bizarre celestial event   Experts say it was most most likely caused by a meteor from the Lyrid shower  … Read more

British scientists launch ‘Fireball Network’ of cameras to track meteorites striking the UK

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British scientists have launched a ‘Fireball Network’ of cameras to track meteorites striking the UK and triangulate the position of the fallen space rocks. The camera network — which will ultimately span ten different sites — will allow scientists to send out search teams to recover meteorites for analysis. Studying meteorite samples allows researchers to gain … Read more