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Meteorite Crashes Through Roof in Koblenz, Germany
A meteorite several meters wide broke apart over western Europe, with over 2,800 sightings reported and fragments damaging a house roof in Koblenz, Germany, authorities said.
- On March 8, 2026, a bright fireball exploded over western Europe around 18:55 CET, flashing for about six seconds before fragments struck buildings in Koblenz-Güls, punching a hole into an unoccupied bedroom, the European Space Agency said.
- Because of its approach from a bright-sky direction, the meteor was likely not visible to large-scale telescope sky surveys, as small meteoroid-sized objects from daytime regions are often missed and only 11 have been detected pre-entry, ESA said.
- More than 3,000 eyewitnesses reported the flash and fragments, while Europe's AllSky7 fireball network and eyewitness photographers and mobile phones captured the event, and photographs show nine golf ball–size rocks.
- Authorities report there were no injuries from the fragments, while local residents and collectors have recovered suspected pieces that remain unconfirmed, and media outlets sharing photos show roof damage as assessments continue.
- ESA aims to improve early detection with projects like the Flyeye asteroid survey telescope, noting objects a few metres in diameter strike Earth from once every few weeks to once every few years.
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Meteorite Smashes Roof of House in Europe After Fireball Explosion
Meteorite reaching earth. Credits: Navicore, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A meteorite smashed through the roof of a house in western Germany after a fireball exploded in the sky and scattered fragments across a town. The dramatic event occurred Sunday evening, March 8, when a bright meteor streaked across the sky above the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Witnesses reported a sudden flash followed by a loud atmospheric boom. According t…
According to some reports, one of them punched a hole the size of a soccer ball across the roof of the house into the bedroom.
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