On February 29, night suddenly becomes day. March 2, 2016 Great balls of fire: the truth about Scotland’s mysterious flash of light Keith Horne, University of St Andrews Was it a UFO? Was it a high-tech plane? Here’s what lucky people really saw over Scotland on February 29.
Chelyabinsk meteor. Nikita Plekhanov/wikimedia February 26, 2016 The five greatest balls of fire over Earth Jim Wild, Lancaster University A meteor exploding over the South Pacific on February 6 was the biggest since the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013. Here are some other fiery visitors.
The trail of a meteor that caused some harm, but mostly helped humanity understand the meteorite strikes on Earth. alexeya November 6, 2013 Secrets revealed of ‘dash-cam’ meteorite that rocked Russia Simon Redfern, University of Cambridge The asteroid impact that burst over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on the morning of February 15 has provided a huge collection of new data that scientists have been analysing since. This week, three papers, two…