Are there meteor fragments nearby? What to know after recent fireball

A six-foot, six-ton asteroid passed over northeastern Ohio on March 17, bringing the possibility of fragmented pieces scattered across a wide area.

Bright meteor streaking above Pittsburgh captured on cameras

Cameras in the Pittsburgh area captured a bright meteor streaking across blue sky on Tuesday morning.

'It’s got some weight to it': Man makes exciting find in meteor fragment zone

A man found what appears to be a meteorite from that seven-ton asteroid that zoomed across Northeast Ohio at 40-thousand miles-per-hour Tuesday morning, says NASA, before fragmenting over Medina
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A Meteor Streaked Across the Morning Sky as a Dazzling ‘Fireball’ Before Exploding With a Thunderous Boom Above Ohio

A fiery streak across the sky and a loud boom greeted many residents of northeast Ohio on the morning of March 17. The rare celestial spectacle, which took place a little before 9 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, was caused by a six-foot-wide, seven-ton space rock that was traveling at roughly 40,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

Seven-ton meteor that fell from the Cleveland sky could be seen several states away

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday before breaking apart in a thunderous boom startled residents who feared an explosion.

Meteorite hunters descend on Medina County day after meteor rattles area

Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of this event exactly," Steven Sladek said of the meteorite that shook Northeast Ohio on Tuesday.

Meteor explodes over Cleveland in broad daylight

A meteor exploded Tuesday morning north of Cleveland over Lake Erie. The American Meteor Society received hundreds reports of a visible meteor from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to Kentucky; it was widely visible across Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and western New York state, too.