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Meteor Activity Outlook for May 23-29, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - May 23, 2026 -

Nicolas Rossetto captured this colorful Northern Taurid fireball on November 13, 2025, at 20:19 CET (19:19 UT) from Jouhe, France.…

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 16-22, 2026

Kees Zwaan captured this multi-flaring Northern Taurid fireball on November 12, 2025, at 22:31 CET (21:31 UT) from Egmond…

by Robert Lunsford - May 15, 2026 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 9-15, 2026

Nicolas Rossetto captured this flaring fireball on November 11, 2025 at 23:07 CET (22:07 UT) from Jouhe, France. © Nicolas Rossetto…

by Robert Lunsford - May 9, 2026 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 2-8, 2026

Veteran astrophotographer Wade Earle captured this earthgrazing Geminid fireball on December 13, 2025, at 5:38pm PST (01:38 UT on Dec…

by Robert Lunsford - May 1, 2026 -

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 25 – May 1, 2026

Michel Deconinck drew this watercolor of a brilliant multi-bursting sporadic fireball that occurred on November 7, 2025, at 02:16 CET…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 25, 2026 -

Viewing the Lyrids in 2026

This Stellarium illustration shows the location of the Lyrid radiant on the morning of April 22nd and the surrounding constellations.…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 20, 2026 - 1

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 18-24, 2026

Tobias Felber captured this brilliant multi-flaring fireball on November 11, 2025, at 02:16 CET (01:16 UT) from Glashütte, Sachsen, Germany.…

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 18, 2026 -

Latest Major Fireball Events

Everyday, we receive reports about fireballs from all around the world. Here are some of the latest major Fireball Events (with at least 30 reports):

19May 67 reports CT, DE, NJ, NY...
11May 38 reports
9May 42 reports AL, IN, KY, MO...
6May 39 reports ID, NV & UT
3May 46 reports IA, IL, MN & WI
3May 48 reports IA, IL, IN, MN...

1May 207 reports
29Apr 157 reports OR & WA
27Apr 32 reports
24Apr 360 reports
23Apr 32 reports CO, ID, NE, OR...
22Apr 30 reports AR, IL, IN & MO

21Apr 32 reports
19Apr 806 reports
14Apr 89 reports DE, FL, GA, MD...
13Apr 30 reports
13Apr 38 reports
13Apr 240 reports UT

10Apr 54 reports IA, IL, IN, MI...
8Apr 39 reports CO, MT, NE, SD...
7Apr 36 reports
7Apr 55 reports
7Apr 288 reports CT, DE, MD, NJ...
5Apr 90 reports

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Pending Fireball Reports

We are currently investigating 32 reports about fireballs seen over VA, FL, CA, AZ, CO, MS, MD, MI, NJ, MA, IN, LA, SC, PA, IL, OK, UT and NV.

We are also currently investigating 49 reports from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Algeria, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand and Turkey.

Meteor Showers Visual Report

You can now contribute to the VMDB (Visual Meteor Database) project by sending your visual reports to the International Meteor Organization or send them via email to the AMS.

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 11-17, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 11, 2026 -

Sandra Hunt captured this brilliant flaring fireball using a GoPro Hero 9 camera on nightlapse video mode on November 4, 2025, at…

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 4-10, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Apr 4, 2026 -

Daniel Bush captured this fireball just above the horizon on November 5, 2025, at 01:13 CDT from Albany, Missouri, USA.…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 28-April 3, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 29, 2026 -

Mark Kirschner captured this brilliant fireball using his AllSky Camera System on November 1, 2025, at 20:29 EDT (00:29 UT on…

Has Something Changed in the Near-Earth Meteoroid Environment?

by Mike Hankey - Mar 25, 2026 - 24

Yesterday I spent the day working with Claude AI (Opus 4.5) to dig into the AMS fireball database going back…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 21-27, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 20, 2026 -

Cullen Brown captured this multi-bursting fireball on October 31, 2025, at 20:03 CDT (01:03 UT on Nov. 1st) from Canyon Lake,…

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 14-20, 2026

by Robert Lunsford - Mar 13, 2026 - 1

Karl Hovekamp captured this multi-bursting fireball on October 31, 2025, at 02:36 CET (01:36 UT) from Neuenkirchen, Germany. © Karl Hovekamp During this…

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