A piece of a comet decided to take a fatal dive into the Earth’s atmosphere, causing a bright flash and explosion tens of kilometers above the ground. The luminous celestial event passed across the Iberian Peninsula, flying over Portugal before exploding. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The spectacular event took place on November 2, 2025, at 8:41 pm local time. A meteor detection station located in Casas de Millán, Cáceres, Spain, managed to record the whole event. The station is operated by the European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense Office , and it is part of the AllSky7 network.

According to analysis, the object entered the atmosphere at a steepish angle. It was first recorded at an altitude of 97 kilometers (6

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