This Fireball Lit Up The Skies Over Pittsburgh Last Night

Media Platforms Design TeamPittsburgh got a light show last night when a 500-pound, two-foot-diameter meteor streaked across the sky. Fragments of the object likely landed somewhere around Kittanning, NASA says. Visibility was lost at about 13 miles above the ground, but not before this video was captured.View full post on YoutubeThe video comes courtesy of the All Sky Fireball Network, a nationwide project that places 15 meteor-hunting cameras in public spaces. Here’s a coverage map of the project: Media Platforms Design TeamNASA estimates that more than 100 tonsof meteors and micrometeors enter the Earth’s atmosphere every day, though many burn up on descent and never reach the ground. If you’re in the Pittsburgh area, here’s your chance to go hunt down a few fragments of one that did.Source: The VergeJohn WenzWriterJohn Wenz is a Popular Mechanics writer and space obsessive based in Philadelphia. He tweets @johnwenz.