• Newsletters
  • Gift Membership
Logo Logo
Take Scroll With You Download the app to read our award-winning journalism on the go and stay up-to-date with our notifications.
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS
  • Home
  • Common Ground
  • The India Fix
  • Eco India
  • The Latest
  • The Reel
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • Trending
    • After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families
    • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
    • Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR
    • Talented Indians thought they could make Germany home, but many want to move on now
    • In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches
    • ‘Flow love flow flawlessly’: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s poetry contemplates truth and justice in Venice
    • ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
    • Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
    • From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship
    • ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
    • Day or night? What’s the best time for a bath?
    • Fiction pick: An elderly Bengali couple cannot decide what to feed their son-in-law on Jamai Shashti
  • Sections
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • India
    • World
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Books and Ideas
    • Business and Economy
    • Science and Technology
    • In Pictures
    • Announcements
    • Bookshop
    • The Field
    • Pulse
    • Elections 2024

Ad
OTHERS ARE

Reading icon icon

  • After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families
    1

    After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families

  • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
    2

    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

  • Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR
    3

    Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR

  • Talented Indians thought they could make Germany home, but many want to move on now
    4

    Talented Indians thought they could make Germany home, but many want to move on now

  • In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches
    5

    In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches

  • ‘Flow love flow flawlessly’: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s poetry contemplates truth and justice in Venice
    6

    ‘Flow love flow flawlessly’: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s poetry contemplates truth and justice in Venice

  • ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
    7

    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild

  • Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
    8

    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins

  • From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship
    9

    From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship

  • ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
    10

    ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side

Around the Web

Meteor or space junk? Fireball spotted streaking across the night sky in Melbourne, Australia

Experts have suggested the flashes were probably remnants of a Russian rocket.

Scroll Staff
Aug 09, 2023 · 10:46 am
Read in App

Meteor or space junk streaked across Melbourne sky last night.#Melbourne #Australia pic.twitter.com/10Nx1GE2Vq

— Melbourne (@Melbourne_vic1) August 8, 2023

A Meteor was seen traveling in the sky across Melbourne, Australia.#Australia #Melbourne #Breaking pic.twitter.com/JnrBBzJqLQ

— News Detector (@LiveNewsPlace) August 7, 2023

@neiltyson just saw these bright rays of light in night sky today in Melbourne,Australia at 23:15 . Aren't these too bright for being meteor? What is it and will it fall somewhere and damage something?? @StarTalkRadio @neiltyson pic.twitter.com/pHzv9tKZKL

— Shaktimaan (@Shakttiimann) August 7, 2023

A "shooting star" streaks through the night sky in Melbourne, Australia. pic.twitter.com/YZePHtNxqn

— Akin💯 (@ics923) August 8, 2023
We welcome your comments at letters@scroll.in.
  • Space
  • Australia
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS

Related

Watch: Musician turns Donald Trump’s ‘they’re eating the cats’ remark into a catchy song

Watch: Musician turns Donald Trump’s ‘they’re eating the cats’ remark into a catchy song

Trending

  1. After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families

    After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families

  2. UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

  3. Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR

    Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR

  4. Talented Indians thought they could make Germany home, but many want to move on now

    Talented Indians thought they could make Germany home, but many want to move on now

  5. In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches

    In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches

Ad