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Major Fireball Event over the English Channel
The American Meteor Society and the International Meteor Association received over 50 reports so far about a fireball event over…
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Vincent Perlerin
Vincent Perlerin, PhD used to be a researcher in Computational Linguistics. He is now a software developer, a web designer, a community manager, an illustrator and many other things. He is working on the American Meteor Society under the supervision of Mike Hankey. Vincent is the lead developer of all the AMS projects. He's also the lead developer of the International Meteor Organization Website and the IMO online Databases management system.Perseids 2015: the Amateur Guide
Composite Image of the Perseids Meteor Shower 2013- Germany – © mLu.fotos The Perseid is the most gifted Meteor Shower…
Possible space debris reentry seen over Georgia
The AMS received over 150 reports of a bright fiery object traveling from the south west to the north est over Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. The long duration time, witness descriptions and long distance of travel suggest this object was some type of space debris.
Fireball over Pennsylvania and Maryland
The American Meteor Society received over 50 reports so far about a fireball event in Maryland and southern Pensylvania on…
Fireball in New Zealand Skies
A bright fireball was spotted in New Zealand on February, 11 2015 around 10 PM NZDT – (11/02/2015 09:00 UT),…
Bolide over Bucharest, Romania (videos)
Videos of a large fireball (actually a bolide), that exploded over Bucharest, Romania, early Wednesday show night turning to day.…
Huge Fireball Over Northeastern USA – December 29th, 2014
The American Meteor Society has received over 1500 reports of a bright fireball on Monday, December 29, 2014. It was…
Meteor Time-lapse
Professional photographer Wes Eisenhauer was filming the Milky Way galaxy in South Dakota, when he noticed something moving out of…
Fireball caught on camera on October 16th, 2014
Ben Lewis took this time-lapse on October 16th, 2014 between 4:30AM and 4:50AM CET (CANON 6D 35MM @ f1.4 10″…
2 Fireballs over Indiana and Illinois and over Georgia on August 23rd, 2014
2 large fireballs were seen and reported by many witnesses on August 23rd, 2014. The first one was seen primarily…
Fireball over Virginia – July, 17 2014
An bright fireball was seen over Virginia on July, 17 2014. Preliminary reports place the time of the event near 10:15…
2 Fireballs over Kentucky and West Virginia and over South Carolina and Georgia – May 15, 2014
Erratum: the previous article stated only one major fireball were witnessed on May 15 – it looks like there were…
Large Fireball over Southern California
215 witnesses have reported a large fireball over Southern California on November 6th around 7:50pm PST (3:50 on 11/7 UT). The fireball…
Large Fireball Meteor Over New Jersey
Over 95 (so far) witnesses reported a large fireball over New Jersey on October 24th around 7:15am EDT (11:15 UT).…
Amazing Photos of Friday Night’s Ohio Meteor
Here are two astonishings photos by Angela McClain of the Ohio Meteor (AMS Event #2132) this past Friday night. This…
New Fireball spotted in Midwest
The mid west has witnessed two major fireball events in less than 2 days. On Thursday (September 26th), the AMS…
Large Fireball Meteor with Sonics Over Alabama
Over 275 (so far) witnesses reported a large fireball over Alabama last night (9/9) around 8:25 PM local CDT (1:25…
Meteor Terminology
Few months ago, we created a poster about Meteor Terminology. We received a lot of comments about this poster. We…
Perseids 2013: the Amateur Guide
The Perseid is the most gifted Meteor Shower of the year for the Northern Hemisphere: The Perseid offers a consistently…
Asteroid 1998 QE2
The massive asteroid 1998 QE2 will pass 6.2 million kilometres (3.8 million miles) from the Earth on Friday, May 31st…
Meteor Terminology
Have you ever wondered what’s the difference between a meteor and a meteorite or an asteroid, meteoroid or comet? Here…