An astonishing blue fireball captured the eyes of many early Sunday morning as it quickly flew over the skies of Spain and Portugal, according to reports.
It's a bird… it's a plane… it's a blue meteor? Fireball? Piece of a comet? Whatever it was, it lit up the night sky for millions of people early Sunday morning in Spain and Portugal. Social media users took stunning pictures and videos for all to revel in the natural science phenomenon. The spectacular sight crossed the night sky at 12:46 a.m., according to CCTV footage released by the mayor's office in Cádiz.
'The likelihood of any meteorites being found is very low,' ESA Operations tweeted after the agency's Planetary Defence Office analyzed the size and trajectory of the object. SCIENTISTS DISCOVER LARGE, 'COTTON CANDY-LIKE' PLANET WITH UNUSUALLY LOW DENSITY National Aeronautics and Space Administration explains the color was likely due to magnesium, and that 'meteor color depends on whether the metal atom emissions or the air plasma emissions dominate.
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