 A gigantic space rock entered our atmosphere having gone undetected this week, with the American Meteor Society estimating that the spectacular space rock was likely travelling south to north over the Atlantic Ocean and between Florida and the Bahamas. Skies from Jacksonville to Miami were lit up by a rare fireball late Monday and this prompted calls to the National Weather Service and more than 200 reports to the American Meteor Society. The light show, which included a long-fired tail and a bright explosion at the end, occurred at approximately 10.16pm Eastern Day Light Time. NASA astronomer Bill Cook said that unanticipated fireworks were caused by an estimated 900-pound asteroid fragment hitting the Earth's atmosphere at 38,000 miles per hour. It broke apart about 23 miles above the Atlantic Ocean, generating the energy equivalent to 14 tonnes of TNT. Mike Hanley, the operations manager for the American Meteor Society, said that the fireball was technically a ball-eyed because it blows up after entering Earth's atmosphere. It was unclear earlier in the day whether this asteroid fragment was part of the recently identified 2021 GW4 asteroid, but expert astronomers determined it was not after reviewing its trajectory in orbit. Bill from 3 NASA SkyMeteor cameras was used to calculate the track of the falling space rock, confirming that the asteroid fragment entered the atmosphere at a fairly steep angle of 50 degrees and became visible 62 miles above the water, southwest of three port in the Bahamas. But what do you guys think about the possibility of an asteroid hitting the Earth's atmosphere in the not-too-distant future? Comments below and as always, thank you for watching.