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Distinctive features of the Lyrids are their colours and brightness - along with exceptionally bright fireballs from time to time, outshining the planet Venus.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Video images of the fireballs circled the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

Elsewhere in Scotland, Stonehaven's Hogmanay fireballs event will be go ahead, with about 10,000 people expected to attend.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2025

Daytime fireballs also occur, but they must be extremely bright to be visible against sunlight.

From Science Daily Oct. 31, 2025

Otherwise, there’d be fireballs raining down and smoke and dust blocking the sun, making the sky pitch-black.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas