Western skies flash again as third meteor sighting in a week
TL;DR
A bright fireball was seen around 8 p.m. PT Sunday across California, Nevada and Arizona, with hundreds reporting to the American Meteor Society (AMS) and more than 300 sightings logged. It’s the US’s third meteor sighting in a week, following earlier events in Ohio and Texas. NASA explains meteors are space rocks burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, and the next notable event is the annual Lyrid meteor shower in April.
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