Anyone see this the other night? The Perseid meteor shower peaked in August, though several residents across New York recently witnessed an object they say was much brighter than any annual meteor shower. Varying reports identified the object as being either light blue, white, yellow, or even pink in color.
Fireballs are not all that uncommon. The glowing meteors are defined by the International Astronomical Union as “a meteor brighter than any of the planets”. Meteors and fireballs can easily light up the sky, as these fast-moving space rocks often burn up in the upper parts of Earth’s atmosphere upon entry…