Residents in the Cuban town of Rodas have reported a meteor strike that made an enormous noise as it hit. It is possible there is a debris field in Earth’s gravity well, possibly following the asteroid that just passed the planet. If so, more strikes are possible, and there is no way to detect them prior to entry into the atmosphere, or to stop them.
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A meteorite that recently landed close to a city in Sri Lanka may be "the most important scientific discovery in the last 500 years" since it brought "compelling evidence of life" from space.
On the Island website, Walter Jayawardhana quotes one of the scientists who discovered the contents of the meteorite as saying, "We report here the first compelling evidence for life existing outside the earth." This supports the theory that life came to Earth (and maybe other planets as well) by hitchhiking on asteroids from far corners of the universe.
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We’ve heard of Icelandic volcanoes affecting planes and even meteors hitting people, but this is the first time we’ve herd of a meteor shower grounding planes, but that’s what happened right here in the US: Authorities grounded firefighting aircraft that were battling an out-of-control wildfire in Colorado Springs.
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Update: Huge Fireball Crossed Sweden Saturday. – On Friday the 13th at around 10PM US eastern time, sonicbooms were heard across Kentucky, windows trembled andbuildings shook, and green fireballs exploded over thestate. Hours before in Italy, three fireballs were recordedby astronomers. One, captured on video, was ten timesbrighter than the full moon, and has sparked a scientificmeteorite hunt because of its size. Then, on Sunday at 11AM,a fireball so bright that it could be seen easily in directsunlight shot across Austin, Texas, startling hundreds ofpeople running the Austin Marathon with a resounding sonicboom.
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