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Meteor Activity Outlook for February 7-13, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 6, 2026 -

Kevin Freitas shared this photo of a brilliant fireball through clouds on October 11, 2025, at 01:20 PDT (08:20 UT) from…

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 31-February 6, 2026

Mark Bannister captured this brilliant fireball on October 7, 2025, at 03:25 BST (02:25 UT) from Oxshott, Surrey, Great Britain.…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 30, 2026 - 1

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 24-30, 2026

Lonnie Lankford captured this bright meteor on January 20, 2026, at 02:00 EST from Remsen, New York, USA while photographing…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 23, 2026 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 17-23, 2026

Daniel Bush captured this long fireball on October 5, 2025, at 01:41 CDT from Albany, Missouri, USA. He also mentions…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 16, 2026 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 10-16, 2026

Trisha Field captured this impressive fireball through clouds while photographing an aurora display at 01:47 CDT (06:47 UT) on October…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 9, 2026 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 3-9, 2026

Tadas Janušonis captured this imoressive fireball through hazy skies at 02:00 EEST on September 22, 2025, from Vabalninkas, Lithuania. ©Tadas…

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 2, 2026 -

Viewing the 2026 Quadrantid Meteor Shower

Heather Wendelboe processed this composite photograph of Quadrantid meteors from exposures taken on the morning of 3 January 2021, from…

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 27, 2025 -

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):

5Feb 35 reports
2Feb 86 reports FL & GA
2Feb 31 reports AL, GA, NC, SC...
31Jan 50 reports FL & GA
30Jan 35 reports
28Jan 54 reports CT, MA, ME, NH...

24Jan 82 reports IA, IL, MN & WI
22Jan 41 reports
19Jan 38 reports
17Jan 91 reports CA, NV, OR & WA
16Jan 35 reports CT, MA, ME, NH...
15Jan 84 reports AZ & CA

14Jan 61 reports
10Jan 55 reports CA
10Jan 60 reports IL, IN, KY, MI...
8Jan 115 reports IN, MI, NY, OH...
4Jan 48 reports
1Jan 99 reports AR, IA, IL, IN...

31Dec 33 reports AL, GA, MS, NC...
31Dec 35 reports ID, OR & WA
31Dec 30 reports AR, IL, IN, KS...
30Dec 38 reports CT, MA, ME, NH...
28Dec 99 reports
27Dec 310 reports CT, MA, ME, NY...

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 23 reports about fireballs seen over MS, CO, UT, NC, AK, IL, AL, VA, OR, NY and MA.

We are also currently investigating 25 reports from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France and New Zealand.

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.

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 27, 2025 – January 2, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 26, 2025 - 1

Daniel Bush captured this intensely bright fireball through clouds at 5:59 CDT (10:55 UT) on September 14, 2025, from Albany,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 20-26, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 19, 2025 - 1

Kevin Kelm captured this intensely bright fireball at 4:55 MDT (10:55 UT) on September 14, 2025, from Escalante, Utah, USA.…

Viewing the Ursid Meteor Shower in 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 16, 2025 - 1

Particles from periodic comet 8P/Tuttle follow the comet’s 14 year orbit around the sun and intercepts the Earth from December…

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 13-19, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 12, 2025 - 1

Tobias Felber captured this fireball on August 28, 2025, at 01:49 CEST (23:49 UT on Aug 27) from Glashütte, Germany. © Tobias Felber…

Viewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 6, 2025 - 4

Peter Slansky created this composite photo from Geminid activity captured during the 2020 display. Note that the streaks all diverge…

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 6-12, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 5, 2025 - 1

Raphael Nicollerat captured this monster fireball in his all sky camera at 01:09 CEST (23:09 UT on August 25) on August…

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