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Meteor Activity Outlook for March 22-28, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 21, 2025 -

Kevin Freitas captured this extremely bright fireball on October 28, 2024, at 2:39 PDT (09:39 UT) from Seattle,Washington. ©Kevin Freitas…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 15-21, 2025

Russell Grokett captured this fireball near the moon on October 26, 2024, at 5:55 EDT (09:55 UT) from Orange Park,…

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 14, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 8-14, 2025

Rogier Gruys captured this fireball in the midst of an awesome aurora display on October 6, 2024, at 20:23 ADT (00:23…

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 7, 2025 - 2

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 1-7, 2025

Susan Saccoccia captured this brilliant fireball while trying to photograph an aurora display on October 8, 2024, at 19:19 EDT (23:19…

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 28, 2025 - 2

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 22-28, 2025

Aaron Witbeck captured this brilliant fireball while photographing an intense aurora display on October 7, 2024, at 22:43 PDT (5:43…

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 21, 2025 - 5

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 15-21, 2025

Ryan Conner captured this brilliant fireball using his custom all sky imaging camera on October 5, 2024, at 23:45 EDT…

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 14, 2025 - 6

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 8-14, 2025

Gregory Gage captured this impressive fireball on October 5, 2024, at 23:45pm EDT from Sistersville, West Virginia, USA. © Gregory…

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 7, 2025 -

Latest Major Fireball Events

Everyday, we receive reports about fireballs from all around the world. Here are some of the latest major Fireball Events (with at least 30 reports):

24Mar 43 reports
21Mar 56 reports
18Mar 44 reports
17Mar 119 reports AL, GA, IA, IL...
14Mar 54 reports AL, GA, IN, KY...
6Mar 33 reports MD, NC, OH & VA

6Mar 62 reports FL
5Mar 73 reports
3Mar 104 reports IN, KY, MD, MI...
2Mar 33 reports MN, ND & SD
26Feb 137 reports
23Feb 76 reports IA, MN, NE, SD...

21Feb 44 reports AL, GA, KY, MS...
19Feb 325 reports CA
18Feb 36 reports
16Feb 38 reports AZ, CA & NV
15Feb 45 reports
10Feb 36 reports

31Jan 30 reports FL
31Jan 59 reports
28Jan 70 reports IA, IL, IN, KS...
28Jan 72 reports IN, MD, NC, OH...
18Jan 72 reports IA, IL, IN, MI...
17Jan 43 reports OR & WA

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 140 reports about fireballs seen over California, Pennsylvania, Florida, New York, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington.

We are also currently investigating 5 reports from France, Italy and Poland.

Meteor Showers Visual Report

You can now contribute to the VMDB (Visual Meteor Database) project by sending your visual reports to the International Meteor Organization or send them via email to the AMS.

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 1-7, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 1, 2025 - 3

Dee Hayman captured this nice fireball while photographing an aurora display on September 24, 2024, at 2250 PDT (05:20 UT…

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 25-31, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 24, 2025 - 1

Jamie McBean captured this bright fireball on September 14, 2024, at 2020 BST (19:20 UT) from Herne Bay, United Kingdom.…

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 18-24, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 17, 2025 -

Dan Bush captured this multi-bursting fireball just above his southern horizon on September 7, 2024, at 2142 CDT (02:42 UT…

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 11-17, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 10, 2025 -

Bertalan Kecskés captured this long Perseid fireball silhouetted against the Milky Way on August 12, 2024, at 23:29 CEST (21:29…

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 4-10, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 3, 2025 -

Jordan Ragsdale captured this massive fireball using his AllSky Camera System on August 17, 2024, at 3:27 MDT (9:27 UT)…

Viewing the 2025 Quadrantid Meteor Shower

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 1, 2025 -

Heather Wendelboe processed this composite photograph of Quadrantid meteors from exposures taken on the morning of 3 January 2021, from…

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