Meteor Lights Up Skies Above Chicago, Midwest
Clip: 2/6/2017 | 7m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
A bright meteor streaked across skies in Chicago and the Midwest about 1:30 a.m. Monday.
At 2:35 a.m. Monday, the Chicago office of the National Weather Service jumped online to tell the world about a meteor that lit up skies across the Midwest just an hour earlier. Philipp Heck of the Field Museum joins us talk about the event.
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Meteor Lights Up Skies Above Chicago, Midwest
Clip: 2/6/2017 | 7m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
At 2:35 a.m. Monday, the Chicago office of the National Weather Service jumped online to tell the world about a meteor that lit up skies across the Midwest just an hour earlier. Philipp Heck of the Field Museum joins us talk about the event.
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