[imagesource: Austin Huffmaster/Twitter]

In the early hour of this morning, folks watching the sky over the English Channel would have seen a strange light exploding mid-air.

Those in the know would have realised it was a giant asteroid making its way into Earth’s atmosphere.

The Mirror reported that the small one-metre asteroid, currently designated as Sar2667, created a shooting star and an ‘airburst’ when it blew up the sky.

Apparently, it was visible from across most of southern England and Wales, and even as far south as Paris, if folks were keeping a special eye out.

American Physicist and airburst specialist Mark Boslough from the Los Alamos National Laboratory said that this was the first time in history this had happened “over a populated area with enough warning”.

He said that “airbursts of this size happen somewhere several times per year” and are “rarely discovered in advance,” adding that this was only the seventh time in history one had been discovered with enough time to record it and collect data.

Screen recording of the Meteor burning up over France a few moments ago. captured from https://t.co/Y4KB79GG1g @esaoperations @sentdefender pic.twitter.com/5554WPzum3

— Austin Huffmaster (@Austin_Huff59) February 13, 2023

As a research professor at the University of New Mexico, a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and chair of the Asteroid Day Expert Panel, Boslough is an expert in the study of planetary impacts and global catastrophes.

What a moment to witness.

[source:mirror]