BREAKING! An asteroid just hit Earth, sparkling a fireball over South Africa!
- 6 years ago
The asteroid hit Earth’s atmosphere over the southern African nation of Botswana at 12:44 p.m. EDT (1644 GMT) while hurtling down at a whopping 38,000 mph (61,155 km/h). That's 10 miles (or 17 kilometers) every second!