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Date Time Monday morning fireball was a comet fragment burning up in Earth’s atmosphere Western Canadians caught a glimpse of a bright flash overhead this week as a fireball lit up the sky on Monday morning. Now, University of Alberta researchers have used Western Canada’s most advanced fireball network to capture images and trajectory of the fireball—revealing it to be a small piece of a comet that burned up in the atmosphere. “Using two observation sites, we were able to calculate bot...

A fireball seen over Alberta skies Monday morning has been determined to be a fragment of a comet, University of Alberta scientists say.

Race for space rocks: Meteorite hunters have good chance for success in Alberta, researcher says If this week’s big flash in the early morning sky has you itching to hunt for meteorites, youre not alone. But for Alberta’s scientific community, space detritus has more value than being a stellar addition to your rock collection. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 24, 2021 11:12 AM MT | Last Updated: February 24 Lea Storry was in her home office in downtown Edmonton when she saw the flas...