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Meteor Activity Outlook for January 31-February 6, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Jan 30, 2026 -

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

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 -

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

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

by Robert Lunsford - Dec 26, 2025 - 1

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):

30Jan 33 reports
28Jan 52 reports CT, MA, ME, NH...
24Jan 81 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 83 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...
27Dec 52 reports
27Dec 39 reports
24Dec 39 reports AL, GA, NC, SC...
22Dec 55 reports CT, MA, MD, NH...

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 19 reports about fireballs seen over CO, AZ, CA, SC, IL, CT and UT.

We are also currently investigating 18 reports from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, France, Nepal 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 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…

Meteor Activity Outlook for November 29 – December 5, 2025

by Robert Lunsford - Nov 28, 2025 -

Jamie McBean captured this brilliant fireball at 20:20 BST (19:20 UT) on September 14, 2025, from Heme Bay, England. ©Jamie…

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