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bolide

a large or especially bright meteor, often one that explodes; a fireball

[ rhymes with "MO lied" ]

Sightings:

Incredible carnage in Virginia

You don't want to ride this train

Where do Buckyballs come from?

It's the same in Italian

The result of being whacked a lot

A fiery artistic rendition

Lighting up the Pennsylvania sky
(explore for more meteoric discussions)

Keeping the Tunuska controversy alive
(explore the URL for more Paranoid News)

What we know and how we know it
(explore to avert another mass extinction)

Chicxulub, the smoking gun of the Yucatan

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