ЕКА расследует появление огненного шара над Европой и повреждения от метеорита в Германии

"...Mysterious Fireball Over Europe Left Viewers In Awe & Damaged At Least One Home..."

"...An unusual celestial event has researchers wondering what exactly thousands of eyewitnesses spotted in the skies over Europe. Here's what we know...."

"...The strange event was seen by countless thousands of onlookers and damaging at least one person's home in Western Germany...."

"...Luckily, no one was in the room and no injuries were reported...."

"...Some scientists believe the object could've measured as much as ten feet across before it disintegrated into smaller meteorites. (Far from the biggest to ever hit Earth, to be clear.)..."

"...Images circulating the internet reveal multiple golf ball-sized stones that were supposedly collected after the event, but you never really know if you can trust those kinds of pictures...."

"...They're a lot harder to see than those thousands of near-Earth asteroids...."

"...Even though it couldn't have been predicted, it shouldn't come as too much of a shock: The ESA says objects like this one strike Earth every few weeks to every few years or so...."

"...The U.S. witnessed one back in 2022, if you remember...."

"...While the original origin isn't known just yet, we do know that most fireballs form when meteoroids enter the atmosphere at high speeds...."

"...As they make friction with Earth's air molecules, they get superheated and explode in midair...."

"...Hence, the bright flash, loud noise, and scattering fragments...."

"...In most cases, the debris either burns up completely or lands undetected because of to its small size...."

"...(Unfortunately for that one German household, that wasn't the case here.)..."