Arizona meteor hunter Robert Ward collected fragments of a meteorite in Georgia, including a 73.2-gram piece, adding to his private museum collection.

A science museum in Georgia is studying a piece of a meteor that blazed over the Southeast last week and was later recovered by a local meteorite hunter. The 3-foot meteor splintered in the air in broad daylight,

An Arizona man has managed to track down a meteorite, after a video that showed it crashing into a portion of Georgia. In all, Robert Ward found 10 meteorites, and the largest one came in at 73.2 grams,

The Perseid meteor shower peaks the night of Aug. 12 into the early hours of Aug. 13, with up to 100 meteors per hour visible, especially in dark-sky areas across the U.S.

It has been advised that the debris may be either a fragment of a meteor or potentially space debris, commonly referred to as ‘space junk.'”

Remnants of a cosmic 'fireball' object witnessed soaring across Georgia may have broken off and plummeted through the roof of a home south of Atlanta.

The ‘scary’ fireball that witnesses saw shooting across the sky in several U.S. states on June 26 has been identified. NASA confirmed to PEOPLE that the moving object was a meteor caused by a small space rock burning up after entering Earth’s atmosphere.

A fireball flashed across the sky on Thursday afternoon in a spectacle that was visible to residents in several states, including Georgians. The National Weather Service (NWS) speculates the object is a meteorite,

The Perseid meteor shower will be lighting up the summer night sky beginning in July. But it won't peak until August. Here's how to see them in Ohio.