Utahns spot fireball heading toward Salt Lake City
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Updated · KSLTV · May 8
Utahns spot fireball heading toward Salt Lake City
10 articles · Updated · KSLTV · May 8
The 9:19pm sighting drew 27 reports from Utah, Idaho and Nevada, and Clark Planetarium's Jason Trump said fragments may have survived to reach the ground.
Witnesses described an unusually large orange meteor, while experts said fireballs are exceptionally bright meteors that heat up as they slow in the atmosphere and can break apart overhead.
Trump linked the increased sightings to Earth passing through Halley's Comet debris in the Eta Aquarids shower and said any recovered pieces could help scientists better understand the universe.
A fireball just rained fragments over the West. Could these rocks hold secrets to the origin of life on Earth?
Halley's Comet left behind celestial fireworks. What other ancient cosmic debris is now heading our way?
With fireball sightings on the rise, is Earth now entering a more hazardous region of space?