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March 9th, 2026
Image credit: ALLSKY7/Bernd Klemt – AMS76 Herkenrath/DE/ Inside Outer Space screengrab
It came from outer space. A very bright fireball shot across the sky from the southwest to the northeast and observed by people in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
The Sunday, March 8th event glowed for roughly six seconds. The fireball left a visible trail in the sky before fracturing into pieces. Some observers report that the event was audible from the ground.
The Planetary Defense team in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Safety Program estimates the object was a few meters in diameter.
Image credit: ESA
“Objects in this size range strike Earth from once every few weeks to once every few years,” ESA states.
“At least one house in the German town of Koblenz-Güls is reported to have been struck by small pieces of the resulting meteorites,” ESA notes. “There are no reports of physical injury.”
The event was recorded by many mobile phones and other cameras, including a dedicated meteor camera that’s part of the European AllSky7 fireball network.
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