Bolide meteor explodes near Florida's Gulf Coast recorded on satellite data

A large, bright meteor called a bolide meteor exploded high in the atmosphere near Florida's Gulf Coast on Monday night.

Satellite Data Records Bolide Meteor Exploding Right Beside Gulf Coast Of Florida

A meteor — a particularly large and bright type known as a bolide meteor — detonated high above in the atmosphere Monday night around the Gulf Coast of Florida. The Tallahassee office of the National ...
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Volunteer-run CT observatory is part of a NASA mission to track asteroids and comets

The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.
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Scientists Say Heck, Just Nuke a Killer Asteroid Heading for Earth

In a new paper, an international team of researchers revisited the idea of blowing up an incoming asteroid with a nuclear ...