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The Latest Breaking News from Fireballs Aotearoa

Flight paths and fridge magnets: how a fireball hunter tracked down New Zealand’s newest meteorite

A network of cameras helped guide a group of space enthusiasts to New Zealand’s 11th confirmed meteorite

The Guardian - AU · Aug 11

‘Thought it was a plane on fire’: large meteor sightings stir delight in New Zealand

Footage shows North Island skies lighting up followed by a ‘huge boom’ days after a separate fireball in South Island

The Guardian - AU · Jul 29

Earth is bombarded with rocks from space — but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth.

Space · Jan 26, 2025

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Earth is bombarded with rocks from space – but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?

Every day, about 48.5 tonnes of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership.

The Conversation · Jan 21, 2025

Fire in the sky: on the trail of space rocks with New Zealand’s meteorite hunters

Weeks after installing a network of meteor-detecting cameras, the members of Fireballs Aotearoa were granted their dearest wish: a rock that fell to Earth

The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2022

Meteors seem to be raining down on New Zealand, but why are some bright green?

New Zealand may seem to be under meteor bombardment at the moment. After a huge meteor exploded above the sea near Wellington on July 7, creating a sonic boom that could be heard across the bottom of the South Island, a smaller fireball was captured two weeks later above Canterbury.

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2022

Equivalent to 1,800 tonnes of TNT: what we now know about the meteor that lit up the daytime sky above New Zealand

Meteorites hit New Zealand three or four times a year, but the fireball that shot across the sky above Cook Strait last week was unusual.

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2022

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