New Yorkers heard a loud boom this week. Here’s why0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2019
The Earth sits in a cosmic shooting gallery, constantly being bombarded by bits of space debris. Most of the time, the objects hitting the atmosphere are small, say the size of a grain of sand or even a small rock. They burn up in the atmosphere, leaving a streak as they go — a shooting star on which you might make a wish.
