Reported atmospheric impact events from CNEOS
Fireballs are exceptionally bright meteors produced when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere at high speed, rapidly heats up, and often fragments.
This dataset (NASA JPL CNEOS) is a catalog of reported events, not a real-time feed. Each entry includes an event time and estimated energy; some also include a trajectory estimate like peak altitude, velocity, and an approximate location. Missing fields are common, so filters can narrow to events with specific measurements.
Fireball entries are observational event reports, not a complete census of everything entering the atmosphere. Energy estimates are modeled from brightness, and location, altitude, and velocity are only available when the event was observed well enough to reconstruct those values.
Why it matters
That means missing fields are normal. Use the filters to focus on better-characterized events when you want trajectory context, and treat the catalog as a record of notable observed impacts rather than a live hazard dashboard.
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Showing last 100 fireball events (64 with complete data)
2.40 kt
104.5×10¹⁰ J radiated
38.1 km
21.3 km/s
0.19 kt
6.0×10¹⁰ J radiated
Not reported
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