The object, identified as a fireball, "exploded 27 miles above West Forest, Georgia, unleashing an energy of about 20 tons of TNT," per CBS News.

Meteorites are fragments of space rocks like asteroids or comets that survive passing through Earth's atmosphere, ... 1857: Octahedrite, Laurens County. 1880: Octahedrite, Lexington County.

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive ...