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NOIRLab image of the week

A blazing meteor pops into the sky above Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY
23/2026

What is up with all of the meteors/fireballs coming in over the Eastern U.S. over the last two weeks? Are there any theories? #meteor

🚀💥 OMG, a #meteor had the audacity to disrupt the peace over #Massachusetts, and apparently, that's newsworthy! 🌠🥱 Hurtling through the sky at a snail's pace of 42,000 mph, #NASA gives us essential life-altering details, just in case you were planning a stroll in the middle of a celestial event. 🙄 #BreakingNews #Yawn
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/meteor-explodes-over-massachusetts-what-we-know-and-where-it-landed/3957663/ #Newsworthy #CelestialEvent #HackerNews #ngated

Meteor Explodes over Massachusetts

Meteor explodes over Massachusetts, setting off loud booms. Via @guardian #SkyWatchers 🌃✨🌠 #meteor #meteors #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

Meteor explodes over Massachus...

Meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apart

The Guardian

Bonus #Joke
Can you just imagine how pterosaurs felt, seeing that meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere?

Probably pterofied.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)