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Meteor Activity Outlook for October 4-10, 2025

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Scott Stevens captured this bright fireball on July 28, 2025, at 04:06 MDT (10:06 UT ) from Crestone, Colorado, USA. ©Scott…

Meteor Activity Outlook for September 27 – October 3, 2025

Mark Kirschner captured this brilliant fireball on July 25, 2025, at 20:51 EDT (00:51 UT on July 26th ) from North…

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 26, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for September 20-26, 2025

Tobias Felber captured this brilliant fireball on July 24, 2025, at 01:28 CEST (23:28 UT on July 23rd ) from Glashütte,…

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 19, 2025 - 5

Meteor Activity Outlook for September 13-19, 2025

Mark Kirschner captured this brilliant fireball using his AllSky Camera System on July 19, 2025, at 01:20 EDT (05:20 UT )…

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 13, 2025 - 6

Meteor Activity Outlook for September 6-12, 2025

Yuma Croteau captured this fireball through clouds on July 8, 2025, at 00:17 EDT (04:17 UT) from Bethel, Maine, USA. Most…

by Robert Lunsford - Sep 6, 2025 -

David D. Meisel (1940-2025)

David Dering Meisel Ph. D. 1940-2025 The meteor astronomy community will be sad to learn that David Dering Meisel, Ph.D.,…

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 28, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 30-September 5, 2025

Cullen Brown captured this fireball through clouds on July 31, 2025, at 04:39 CDT (09:39 UT) from Canyon Lake, Texas,…

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 28, 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):

1Oct 174 reports CT, MA, ME, NH...
28Sep 35 reports ME
28Sep 35 reports
25Sep 221 reports CA & NV
23Sep 41 reports
22Sep 30 reports

21Sep 55 reports LA, OK & TX
21Sep 30 reports NM & TX
21Sep 92 reports
19Sep 72 reports TX
20Sep 39 reports
17Sep 97 reports

16Sep 49 reports IA, IL, IN, MI...
15Sep 35 reports CT, MA, ME, NH...
10Sep 33 reports AZ, CA, NV & UT
7Sep 77 reports
6Sep 51 reports AL, AR, IA, IL...
1Sep 67 reports

27Aug 69 reports FL
26Aug 56 reports
26Aug 45 reports
25Aug 64 reports
25Aug 137 reports IL, IN, KY, MI...
24Aug 54 reports CT, MD, MI, NJ...

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 20 reports about fireballs seen over CT, NY, PA, TX, RI, KY, FL, MO, CO, IN, MD, HI, NC, VA, MI, MN and IA.

We are also currently investigating 9 reports from Austria, Canada, United Kingdom, Peru, Philippines and Slovakia.

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 August 23-29, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 21, 2025 -

Martin Collins captured this fantastic fireball on July 3, 2025, at 00:50 BST (23:50 UT on July 2) from Onich,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 16-22, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 15, 2025 - 1

Cédric Humbert captured this bursting fireball on June 20, 2025, at 01:57 CEST (23:57 UT on June 19) from Saxon-Sion,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 9-15, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 8, 2025 - 4

Paul Dibben captured this colorful fireball on June 2, 2025, at 23:26 BST (22:26 UT) from Sherborne, England. ©Paul Dibben During this…

Viewing the Perseids in 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 5, 2025 - 4

Comet Dust Each July and August the Earth encounters debris left behind from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This comet has an orbit…

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 2-8, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Aug 1, 2025 -

Kevin Freitas captured this multi-bursting fireball during morning twilight on May 25, 2025, at 04:54 PDT (11:54 UT) from Mineral, Washington,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 26-August 1, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Jul 25, 2025 -

Nicolas Rossetto captured this colorful fireball on May 1, 2025, at 02:46 CEST (0:46 UT) from Jouhe, France. ©Nicolas Rossetto…

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