SMALL ASTEROID EXPLODES OVER CANADA: Yesterday, July 24th, with no warning, a small asteroid traveling 45,000 mph hit Earth's atmosphere over Canada. The resulting explosion at 2:44 Eastern TIme was as bright as a full Moon, and scattered meteorites across the countryside near Bancroft, Ontario. An array of all-sky cameras belonging to the University of Western Ontario recorded the fireball:
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And this...maybe a smaller piece trailing.

Fireball spotted over Massachusetts

The apparent meteor reached far beyond the borders of Massachusetts. The American Meteor Society reportedat least 256 sightings of the fireball between North Carolina and Maine on Wednesday night.

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