A huge fireball lit up the skies of the USA – NASA revealed an unbelievable detail

A bright fireball crossed the night sky over North Carolina and Tennessee in the USA. NASA determined that it was a tiny asteroid fragment, about five centimeters in diameter, traveling at 75,600 km/h and disintegrating at an altitude of 40 km. The event is not related to the Taurid meteor shower.

A bright fireball crossed the night sky over the southeastern United States, between the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday (November 11-12, 2026). The object first appeared at 7:45 PM above the town of Robbinsville, and within less than ten seconds covered a distance of about 193 kilometers before disintegrating at an altitude of about forty kilometers. According to NASA data, the meteor traveled at a speed of about 75,600 km/h. Researchers estimated that it originated from an independent, tiny asteroid fragment only about five centimeters in diameter, weighing less than a quarter of a kilogram. NASA determined that the event is not related to the Taurid meteor shower. Eyewitnesses described a bright object in shades of blue, white, and yellow-orange, and one reported a brief rumble. The article highlights the gap between the tiny size of the fragment and the immense light intensity, attributing this to its extraordinary speed.