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Meteor Activity Outlook for May 2-8, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - May 1, 2026 -

Veteran astrophotographer Wade Earle captured this earthgrazing Geminid fireball on December 13, 2025, at 5:38pm PST (01:38 UT on Dec…

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 25 – May 1, 2026

Michel Deconinck drew this watercolor of a brilliant multi-bursting sporadic fireball that occurred on November 7, 2025, at 02:16 CET…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 25, 2026 -

Viewing the Lyrids in 2026

This Stellarium illustration shows the location of the Lyrid radiant on the morning of April 22nd and the surrounding constellations.…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 20, 2026 - 1

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 18-24, 2026

Tobias Felber captured this brilliant multi-flaring fireball on November 11, 2025, at 02:16 CET (01:16 UT) from Glashütte, Sachsen, Germany.…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 18, 2026 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 11-17, 2026

Sandra Hunt captured this brilliant flaring fireball using a GoPro Hero 9 camera on nightlapse video mode on November 4, 2025, at…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 11, 2026 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 4-10, 2026

Daniel Bush captured this fireball just above the horizon on November 5, 2025, at 01:13 CDT from Albany, Missouri, USA.…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 4, 2026 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 28-April 3, 2026

Mark Kirschner captured this brilliant fireball using his AllSky Camera System on November 1, 2025, at 20:29 EDT (00:29 UT on…

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 29, 2026 -

Latest Major Fireball Events

Everyday, we receive reports about fireballs from all around the world. Here are some of the latest major Fireball Events (with at least 30 reports):

1May 201 reports
29Apr 154 reports OR & WA
27Apr 32 reports
24Apr 359 reports
23Apr 32 reports CO, ID, NE, OR...
22Apr 30 reports AR, IL, IN & MO

21Apr 32 reports
19Apr 806 reports
14Apr 89 reports DE, FL, GA, MD...
13Apr 30 reports
13Apr 38 reports
13Apr 240 reports UT

10Apr 54 reports IA, IL, IN, MI...
8Apr 39 reports CO, MT, NE, SD...
7Apr 35 reports
7Apr 55 reports
7Apr 288 reports CT, DE, MD, NJ...
5Apr 90 reports

4Apr 169 reports
3Apr 47 reports
30Mar 56 reports AL, AR, IL, IN...
28Mar 131 reports OR & WA
28Mar 34 reports AL, GA, IN, KY...
26Mar 118 reports GA, IN, KY, MD...

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 17 reports about fireballs seen over OR, IL, CA, WA, ID, CO, TX and FL.

We are also currently investigating 16 reports from Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, Germany, France and South Africa.

Meteor Showers Visual Report

You can now contribute to the VMDB (Visual Meteor Database) project by sending your visual reports to the International Meteor Organization or send them via email to the AMS.

Has Something Changed in the Near-Earth Meteoroid Environment?

by Mike Hankey - Mar 25, 2026 - 23

Yesterday I spent the day working with Claude AI (Opus 4.5) to dig into the AMS fireball database going back…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 21-27, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 20, 2026 -

Cullen Brown captured this multi-bursting fireball on October 31, 2025, at 20:03 CDT (01:03 UT on Nov. 1st) from Canyon Lake,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 14-20, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 13, 2026 - 1

Karl Hovekamp captured this multi-bursting fireball on October 31, 2025, at 02:36 CET (01:36 UT) from Neuenkirchen, Germany. © Karl Hovekamp During this…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 7-13, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 6, 2026 - 6

Wil McReynolds captured this green fireball on October 29, 2025, at 23:14 EDT (03:14 UT on Oct. 30) from Meaford, Ontario,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 28 – March 6, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 27, 2026 - 1

Erik Fraser captured this monster fireball on October 17, 2025, at 23:26 EDT (03:26 UT on Oct. 18) from Woodstock New…

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 21-27, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 20, 2026 - 1

Cynthia Nichols captured this fireball on February 7, 2025, at 05:56 MST (12:56 UT) from Santa Cruz de los Zacatitos, Baja California…

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