Residents of Karachi in Pakistan were thrilled to see a meteor lighting up the sky on Saturday (January 29). The falling fireball meteor was recorded by many (who could quickly take sights off the wonderful event and take out their phones).

Watch video: Fireball meteor brightens up Karachi sky

The residents of Izmir were absolutely taken aback by an explosion in the sky that occurred in Turkey. It also became brilliant green for a few seconds, according to accounts.

Watch: Turkey sees 'mysterious' meteor explosion that made the sky bright green

A large meteor illuminated the night sky in Norway early on Sunday morning. At least some of it seems to have also come rumbling down near Oslo, the capital of the country.

Night sky gets illuminated by large meteor in Norway 

New research has shown that dinosaurs may have been in decline millions of years before the meteor strike often attributed to their extinction. The Chicxulub meteor, which slammed into what is now Mexico's Yucatan peninsula around 66 million years ago, is thought to have led to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off three-quarters of life on Earth, dinosaurs included.

Dinosaurs were already extinct before meteor strike hit Earth, say scientists

The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles (two million kilometers) of our planet on March 21, according to NASA.

A large asteroid to pass by earth on March 21, NASA says

People who are fond of space science are being invited to help in France to help find an apricot-sized meteorite that fell on Earth last weekend in the country's southwest.

Please help! Volunteers sought to search apricot-sized meteorite in France

The Earth is going to witness a breathtaking meteor shower this weekend. This spectacular show -- the Geminid meteor shower -- is expected to go on till December 14.

Don't miss Geminid meteor shower with over 100 shooting stars this weekend

A boom was heard in the skies of Tokyo on Thursday morning. At the same time, a bright and purple object was seen whirling towards the city. According to media reports, the object could be seen in the sky for a few seconds at 2.

A blazing fireball produced a sonic boom in Tokyo skies, leaving residents confused!

NASA on Friday published satellite photos of a powerful meteor which appeared just above the Bering Sea on December 18 but went unnoticed until months later. The explosion unleashed around 173 kilotons of energy, more than 10 times that of the atomic bomb blast over Hiroshima in World War II.

NASA publishes images of the meteor no one saw

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