Meteors

Exploding fireball streaks across sky

By adamg - 11/3/22 - 10:00 pm

Reports are coming in from across the Boston area of a large fireball up in the sky around 9:15 p.m. or so. Read more.

Bright green thing flashed through the sky; will we be able to see tomorrow?

By adamg - 12/26/17 - 10:00 pm

Portia Chalifoux wonders if anybody else saw "the large bright fluorescent green ball coursing from low north west to east north of Boston" around 5:52 p.m.

Yep.

But meteor or Chinese space station?

Green meteor flashes across sky; still no walking carnivorous plants

By adamg - 7/11/16 - 6:47 am

Shortly before 11 p.m. on Sunday, Eric Ballard asked:

Anyone see a greenish meteor go across the NE sky just a few minutes ago?

And, sure enough: Read more.

Meteor shines brightly, briefly north of Boston

By adamg - 11/29/15 - 5:53 pm

Mark Novak reports seeing a meteor flash from west to east north of Davis Square shortly before 5:30 p.m.

He adds it was white, so we can go to sleep tonight without worrying about going blind and getting attacked by ravenous walking plants.

Greenish meteor streaks through sky

By adamg - 11/3/15 - 10:11 pm

At 9:55 p.m., Alden reported a greenish meteor up above. Anybody else see it?

Interestingly, Noah Gray, a CNN reporter down in New York, reports he and everybody else on the rooftop he was on saw it.

Ed note: Green meteor? Let's hope we don't wake up tomorrow blind and chased by carnivorous plants. And, yes, I cannot help repeating that after every meteor sighting.

Meteor streaks across sky

By adamg - 5/1/15 - 9:50 pm

Around 9:30 p.m., moving towards the west over Winter Hill in Somerville, Pancake Witch reports.

Ezra Freedman reports a bright green streak over Roslindale.

Laurin Stoler adds:

Spectacular sighting from Inman, Cambridge. Bright green ball of light streaking across sky. Gorgeous.