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Tellus Science Museum studying piece of meteor that fell in Georgia
Dozens of people captured the meteor falling from the sky on their cellphones last week. WRDW’s sister station got a look at it up close in the Tellus Science Museum.
Tellus Science Museum astronomer discusses meteorite landing in metro Atlanta
Channel 2 Action News spoke with Karisa Zdanky, an astronomer at the Tellus Science museum, who said the meteorite was ...
Rare 'bolide' fireball falls from sky, sightings reported across metro Atlanta and broader Southeast
Sightings have come from Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The National Weather Service station in ...
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Meteor over Georgia delights, intrigues scientists, space lovers
Meteor spotted over Georgia, Southeast, reports say “It’s like a miniature gold rush,” he said of the quest to find meteorites. “It’s worth more ...
Meteorite hunters searching for fragments in Henry County
HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — After a suspected meteor fell in metro Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, people in the area are hoping to ...
Possible meteor spotted over Georgia and nearby states, reports say
Reports of a fireball falling over the southeastern U.S. flooded social media Thursday afternoon, and the National Weather ...
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Meteor blows up above Newton County, NASA says
NASA has confirmed Thursday evening that the fireball seen across Metro Atlanta and the Southeast is indeed a meteor that ...
What did you see falling through the sky? A meteor or meteorite?
A meteoroid is a piece of rock that’s broken off an asteroid or comet in outer space. But once it enters the Earth’s ...