Gigantic flash spotted across Sydney and Canberra as meteor explodes off Australian east coast

A large white flash lit up the ocean off Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Thursday night, with stunned locals reporting what ...

A meteor exploded in the sky above New South Wales. An astronomer explains where it might have come from

At about 6:30pm last night, a meteor exploded with a bright flash that was widely seen across eastern Australia. Stunned onlookers from Sydney to Canberra, and beyond, reported seeing the explosion ...
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Cole suggests the meteor witnessed on Sunday night could have been “a metre across”, significantly larger than typical meteors. “The last one I can clearly remember of about ...