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A likely meteor blazed across Northeast skies Tuesday, but did it touch the ground to become a rare meteorite?
NASA tracked a bright fireball over the U.S. Northeast that could become the first confirmed meteorite fall in the U.S. this year, with seven meteors tracked in 2025.
- On Tuesday, NASA tracked a fireball over the U.S. Northeast that may be a meteorite if fragments reached the ground, and NASA said confirmation would make it the first this year.
- Because most meteors burn up in the atmosphere, Clemson University researchers estimate around 90-95% break up, with some fragments recovered in a McDonough, Georgia home from a June 26 fireball.
- NASA reported that the Nov. 6 meteor, with a 'steeply inclined' trajectory, reached below 14 kilometers and dropped meteorites across northwestern Alabama, with seven meteors tracked in 2025.
- Harris said 'What were the dynamics of this object coming through the house? That is as fascinating a story as is the material,' analyzing recovered fragments from a McDonough, Georgia home.
- Technically, a meteor is only a meteor while in Earth's atmosphere and becomes a meteorite if it hits the ground; objects from space are uncommon, and January's Chinese rocket debris was human-made, not a meteorite.
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A likely meteor blazed across Northeast skies Tuesday, but did it touch the ground to become a rare meteorite?
A likely meteor lit up the sky Tuesday over the Northeast. But how often do meteors actually hit the ground? (Photo: Tellus Museum)
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Note: This story was updated with NASA’s confirmation at 12:46 p.m. That loud boom heard across Northeast Ohio Tuesday morning was the result of a meteor, according to NASA. The Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA confirmed a meteor at about 8:57 a.m. over Northern Ohio, near Medina. Earlier, the National Weather Service Cleveland used an optical sensor, known as a Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) which looks down at the earth, to capture …
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