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Meteor Activity Outlook for May 3-9, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - May 2, 2025 -

Moises Duran captured this brilliant fireball on November 13, 2024, at 0200 CST (08:00 UT) from La Laja, Jalisco, Mexico.…

Viewing the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower in 2025

Meteor showers are caused by streams of meteoroids hitting our atmosphere. These meteoroids are sand and pebble-sized bits of…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 29, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 26- May 2, 2025

Scott Stevens captured this Anthelion fireball on December 30, 2024, at 0120 MST (08:20 UT) from Crestone, Colorado, USA. ©Scott…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 25, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 19-25, 2025

Mike Roberts captured this long, bright fireball on December 26, 2024, at 1837 GMT (18:37 UT) from Llanyre, Wales. ©Mike…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 18, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 12-18, 2025

Jordan Ragsdale captured this massive bright using his AllSky Camera System on December 19, 2024, at 00:41 MDT (7:41 UT)…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 12, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 5-11, 2025

Scott Stevens captured this bright fireball just above the western horizon on December 8, 2024, at 1:01 MST (08:01 UT)…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 4, 2025 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 29-April 4, 2025

Tiffany Effinger captured this bright fireball on her security camera on November 25, 2024, at 5:42 EST (10:42 UT) from…

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 28, 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):

23Apr 75 reports
15Apr 69 reports
13Apr 56 reports
12Apr 401 reports
11Apr 96 reports IL, IN, KY, MI...
8Apr 72 reports IA, IL, KS, MO...

6Apr 89 reports
6Apr 62 reports
25Mar 63 reports GA, IN, KY, MI...
24Mar 171 reports AZ, CA, NV, OR...
24Mar 58 reports
21Mar 57 reports

18Mar 44 reports
17Mar 119 reports AL, GA, IA, IL...
14Mar 54 reports AL, GA, IN, KY...
6Mar 33 reports MD, NC, OH & VA
6Mar 62 reports FL
5Mar 73 reports

3Mar 104 reports IN, KY, MD, MI...
2Mar 33 reports MN, ND & SD
26Feb 138 reports
23Feb 76 reports IA, MN, NE, SD...
21Feb 44 reports AL, GA, KY, MS...
19Feb 325 reports CA

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 52 reports about fireballs seen over Alabama, Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, Utah, Idaho and Oregon.

We are also currently investigating 13 reports from United Arab Emirates, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Poland and Vietnam.

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 March 22-28, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 21, 2025 -

Kevin Freitas captured this extremely bright fireball on October 28, 2024, at 2:39 PDT (09:39 UT) from Seattle,Washington. ©Kevin Freitas…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 15-21, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 14, 2025 -

Russell Grokett captured this fireball near the moon on October 26, 2024, at 5:55 EDT (09:55 UT) from Orange Park,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 8-14, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 7, 2025 - 2

Rogier Gruys captured this fireball in the midst of an awesome aurora display on October 6, 2024, at 20:23 ADT (00:23…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 1-7, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 28, 2025 - 2

Susan Saccoccia captured this brilliant fireball while trying to photograph an aurora display on October 8, 2024, at 19:19 EDT (23:19…

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 22-28, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 21, 2025 - 5

Aaron Witbeck captured this brilliant fireball while photographing an intense aurora display on October 7, 2024, at 22:43 PDT (5:43…

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 15-21, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Feb 14, 2025 - 6

Ryan Conner captured this brilliant fireball using his custom all sky imaging camera on October 5, 2024, at 23:45 EDT…

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