Extraordinary moment ‘fireball’ spotted blasting through the sky hours after surprise asteroid warning
A SMALL asteroid due to collide with Earth yesterday burnt up in the atmosphere and gave onlookers in the Philippines a dazzling display.The asteroid body plummeted towards Luzon Island in the Philippines and in a split-second made a pitch-black sky look as though it was daylightThe asteroid body plummeted towards Luzon Island in the Philippines and in a split-second made a pitch-black sky look as though it was daylight.
The space rock, dubbed asteroid 2024 RW1, was expected to enter the atmosphere at roughly 11 miles per second, or just under 40,000 miles per hour.Northern Lights seen glowing overhead as lava spews from Icelandic volcanoAn asteroid is a small rocky body that orbits the Sun. Most are found in the asteroid belt but they can be found anywhere If a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere, it begins to vapourise and then becomes a meteor.
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