Looking for Lightning, Finding Fireballs

Researchers are using data from weather satellites to detect meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using NASA Bolides data courtesy of Jeffrey Smith/SETI. Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published January 27, 2022
Data acquired July 23, 2017 - January 17, 2022

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