meteors

Surprise Asteroid Makes Near-Miss of Earth

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

200 feet wide - discovered only days ago - and a near miss
The 35-meter-wide space rock is similar in size to the Tunguska impactor of 1908 [1] [...]

Recent meteor events

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

There have been several recent large meteor events in the last fewmonths.  There are more and more people on the lookout for theseevents, some equipped with full-sky cameras.  So it is not surprisingthat they are being reported and captured more frequently.
See:
On Sept 25, 2009, a large meteor fireball (100 times brighter than a full moon) [...]

Colorado meteor event - Dec 6, 2008

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

“COLORADO SUPERBOLIDE: Last night, Dec. 6th at 1:06 a.m. MST, a meteor of stunning brightness lit up the skies of Colorado. Astronomer Chris Peterson photographed the event using a dedicated all-sky meteor camera in the town of Guffey, near Colorado Springs.
Video
Fireballs [...]