Hey, there! Log in / Register

Meteor, or perhaps Hal Jordan, flashes through the southern sky

By adamg on Wed, 10/18/2017 - 5:54pm

Philip Brenner reports seeing a meteor to the southeast around 3 p.m. today.

Herald reporter O'Ryan Johnson reports he saw it, too:

Driving to work on Interstate 95 south. Near Georgetown. Saw a green streak in the sky. Thought I was seeing things.

Free tagging: 
Meteorites


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Comments

By A. Nony Fox on Wed, 10/18/2017 - 8:42pm.

Where is the reference to Day of the Triffids?

up
Voting closed 0

By adamg on Wed, 10/18/2017 - 10:45pm.

Do you have any idea how many times I've used that reference? Lots. Really.

up
Voting closed 0

By perruptor on Thu, 10/19/2017 - 6:43am.

You could go with War of the Worlds.

up
Voting closed 0

By roadman on Thu, 10/19/2017 - 4:23pm.

then.

up
Voting closed 0

By perruptor on Thu, 10/19/2017 - 7:15pm.

Meteors are the tiny rocks that turn into shooting stars when they burn up in the atmosphere. The big ones that survive to hit the ground are meteorites. Crazy, huh?

And the Martian invaders in WoW landed in what looked like meteorites.

up
Voting closed 1

By A. Nony Fox on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 8:50am.

Just kidding.

up
Voting closed 0

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 10/19/2017 - 8:03pm.

... is getting rather closer to Earth than it has in a long time. Tonight will be one of the best nights to see Uranus up close.

How to find Uranus this evening

Local Astronomer Jessica Mink discusses how her team discovered the rings.

up
Voting closed 0

By Tim on Thu, 10/19/2017 - 10:30pm.

Weird. I was in the Fenway/Boylston St area last night around 11:30 and saw a shooting star. But perhaps it was a meteor as well.

up
Voting closed 0