---
title: "Video Shows Massive Meteor Lighting Up Entire Night Sky"
description: "A larger than usual meteor hurtled over Norway on Monday night, lighting up the sky over most of southern Scandinavia."
date: "2021-07-27"
modified: "2021-07-27"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/video-meteor-lighting-night-sky"
categories:
  - "Off-World"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "meteor"
  - "meteorites"
  - "the digest"
---

# Video Shows Massive Meteor Lighting Up Entire Night Sky

![A larger than usual meteor hurtled over Norway on Monday night, lighting up the sky over most of southern Scandinavia.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/massive-meteor-light-up-night-sky.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Image via MaxPixel\</em\>*

## Meteor Strike

A large meteor hurtled over Norway on Monday night, lighting up the sky over most of southern Scandinavia in a burst of light. It was such a violent event, the [*Associated Press* reports](<https://apnews.com/article/europe-science-norway-0dc597fc7e1c8931831b25b094a57762>), that onlookers heard a roaring sound — a breathtaking example of our planet's protective atmospheric layer in action.

The meteor was visible for about five seconds at around 1 am local time, [according to the Norwegian Meteor Network](<http://norskmeteornettverk.no/wordpress/>), traveling at nearly 36,500 mph through the sky.

https://youtu.be/iUDw1TKMnys

## Get Lit

Images of the rare event show a massive ball of light streaking over Oslo. The blast was powerful enough to blow doors open and break a window, with onlookers reporting what sounded like a large explosion over their heads, [the *BBC* reports](<https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57962384>).

The space rock was an Aten-class asteroid, according to the Meteor Network, a group of objects that often cross the vicinity of Earth in their orbit and thereby are [classified as potentially hazardous](<https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/about/neo_groups.html>) asteroids.

An analysis showed that this particular space rock may have weighted at least 22 pounds, according to the *BBC*.

Experts are now trying to pinpoint the place where the meteorite struck the surface. Preliminary reports suggest it may have hit a large forested area not far from Oslo, according to the Norwegian Meteor Network.

**READ MORE:** [Meteor wows Norway after blazing through night sky](<https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57962384>) \[*BBC*\]

**More on space rocks:** *[A Meteorite Fell In This Area and Everybody Is Looking for It](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/meteorite-fell-everybody-looking>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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