The Context The National Weather Service of Charleston, South Carolina, said on X that there are "many reports" of a fireball across the southeastern U.S. "It is not certain, but the satellite-based lightning detection shows a streak within cloud free sky,

Witnesses across South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia describe a giant fireball in the sky. Here's what it means.

Mercer University physics and astronomy professor Matthew Marone says the sighting is not uncommon, and it's likely connected to the annual Bootid meteor shower.