Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.
The internet is alight with footage of a meteor that sped through the night skies over Portugal and Spain, lighting up the skies as a blue-green fireball., who caught the fireball with its cameras in Cáceres, Spain, at 6:46 p.m. EDT on Saturday . The ESA confirmed that the fireball was a piece of athat rocketed over Spain and Portugal, traveling at around 100,000 miles per hour, or about 65 times as fast as the top speed of a Lockheed Martin F-16 jet fighter.
JUST IN: Meteor spotted in the skies over Spain and Portugal.This is insane.Early reports claim that the blue flash could be seen darting through the night sky for hundreds of kilometers.At the moment, it has not been confirmed if it hit the Earth’s surface however some… pic.twitter.com/PNMs2CDkW9"A meteorite lit up the sky of Portugal with a sparkling blue last evening to the surprise of the inhabitants who were outside at the time of its passage.
Around 90% to 95% of interstellar matter that makes its way to Earth this way doesn't last long enough to make it to the ground. If a meteoroid does make it to the ground, it is usually in the form of dust or very small particles and it is called a meteorite.)
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