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Bookmark or Share- StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - NASAThis site is intended for students in grades K through 8. StarChild is a learning center for young astronomers ages 5-13 to learn about the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, and the universe beyond.
- What causes fireballs in the sky? - NASAFireballs are really just big meteors - the result of meteoroids falling into the Earth's atmosphere and burning up. The rock that caused the "Chicago Fireball", as the March 2003 event has been called, was probably a small space rock about 1 or 2 meters wide.
- Archive of QuestionsWhat causes fireballs in the sky? [April 2003] Is my body really made out of star stuff? [May 2003] If you are on the Moon, does the Earth move in the sky? [June 2003] How do we know that dark matter exists? [July 2003] What is happening with Mars this month? [August 2003] Why are they crashing the Galileo satellite? [September 2003]
- StarChild: Meteoroids - NASAMost meteors glow for only a few seconds prior to burning up before hitting the Earth's surface. On most dark nights, meteors can be seen. The chance of seeing a meteor with the unaided eye increases after midnight. People often refer to meteors as "falling" or "shooting" stars. The brightest of the meteors are called fireballs.
- The Peekskill Fireball - NASAThis photograph was taken by S. Eichmiller in Altoona, Pennsylvania just after the main meteoroid body broke up into fragments.
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