Upon entering the atmosphere at high speeds, the meteor, which fell right off of FM 755 near McAllen, Texas around 6 p.m., broke into small fragments before...
, tens of thousands of meteorites break through Earth’s atmosphere each year.
Weather satellites, typically used to detect lightning, were able to pick up the bright flash from the meteor. The National Weather Service in Brownsville said it used a Geostationary Lightning Mapper to pinpoint the shooting star’s explosion. “There was no ongoing thunderstorm activity in the Valley but the GLM still detected a signal at around 523 PM CST Feb 15 ...”A video posted on Twitter outside of a person’s home, likely near the site of impact, appears to capture the moment the space rock plunged through the atmosphere. A loud shooting noise caused some birds to fly around and the house to shake slightly.
NASA encourages individuals who find and have fragments of the meteor to contact the Smithsonian Institution. The space agency also noted that freshly fallen meteorites on the ground aren’t considered dangerous to people or animals., Trending Reporter . Noor Adatia is a trending news reporter on the breaking team. Born and raised in Dallas, she graduated from Boston University's College of Communication in 2020. Before joining The Dallas Morning News, she worked for The Houston Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee and POLITICO.
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