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We’ve had nearly a thousand Perseid detections already, and its still a week to go till the peak! Here’s a few images of some of the best so far (from the 3rd to the 7th). Click an image to see… Read moreBest of the Early Perseids
by Mark McIntyre. At 23:50 on the 2nd of July 2025, a meteor probably dropped meteorites over the Scottish Highlands. The event was picked up by many cameras in our network and was estimated to be about magnitude -12, as… Read moreMeteorite Fall over Scotland
A fireball on 23rd April is likely to have dropped meteorites near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. The night was cloudy, but the fireball was bright enough to be seen through cloud on several of hte UK Meteor Network’s cameras,… Read morePossible Meteorite fall over Suffolk!
I thought it would be useful to do a quick round up of 2024, now that we’re through the Quadrantids and into the spring quiet period. In 2024, we made 1,263,868 individual detections from 237 cameras. Just over half of these… Read moreRound up of 2024
At 00:27:46 UT on the 7th of July 2024, an earth-grazer meteor was observed travelling from near Innsbruck in Austria to a point 30km north of Gravelines on the French coast. The meteor, travelling at 64km/s, traversed a distance of 841… Read moreEarth-grazing meteor seen from Croatia to England
Writing in eMeteorNews, Denis Vida and Damir Segon announce the discovery of a new meteor shower in Hercules. The authors say that 32 meteors were observed on 27th April 2024 in a time range of 20:00 to 23:40 UT. The… Read moreNew Meteor Shower Discovered
The fall zone for potential meteorites from 2024 BX1 has now been calculated. Due to the steep angle of descent of the asteroid, the fallzone is quite small and looks good for a search! The red dots indicate different weight… Read moreUpdate on German Meteorites
We’re only 22 days into the year, but already our cameras have picked up five fireballs! That sounds a lot, but actually its about average. In 2023 we picked up 43, and in 2022 we caught 49. As the camera… Read moreFive Fireballs Already in 2024!
On the evening of 20th January 2024, Asteroid SAR2736 was detected shortly before it entered the atmosphere 50m west of Berlin at around 0032 on the 21st. Also known as 2024 BX1, it was first discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky at… Read moreAsteroid Impact over Germany