An asteroid has exploded over the English Channel after entering Earth’s atmosphere in the early hours of this morning 😳
The space rock could be seen crashing through the Earth’s atmosphere from Brighton in the early hours of this morning
The event, known as an ‘airburst’, was just the seventh time in history that an asteroid impact has been predicted in advance.The European Space Agency tweeted that it was ‘a sign of the rapid advancements in global asteroid detection capabilities.’ The last asteroid predicted to enter the Earth’s atmosphere in advance was seen in the sky above Ontario, Canada in November last year.
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