Anyone out and about on Wednesday night might have spotted what looked like a huge fireball flying through the sky.
Well, experts have now confirmed that that fireball was in fact 'a small part of an asteroid'. Glasgow Live previously reported how residents were left stunned after spotting the amazing sight, which appeared over Scotland at about 9pm on Wednesday night.
The UK Meteor Network have now confirmed that they are '100% confident' it was a small part of an asteroid, which becomes classified as a meteor when it burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere. The scientists say the end of the meteor's journey was not observed on their cameras, but it definitely ended over the North Atlantic Ocean around 50-100km west of the Isle of Islay, reports the Daily Record.
