In Norway, they are looking for a meteorite that reached the earth after a bright flash

On July 25, a large fireball lit up the night sky in the south-east of Norway, which produced unusually powerful flashes. A group of experts is looking for a meteorite, it fell in a forest near the capital Oslo, reports BBC News.

The passage of the meteor was accompanied by loud explosions and shaking of the air. The police received a lot of calls from alarmed people.

According to the Norwegian Meteor Network, the fireball glowed for 5 seconds, it swept across the sky around 01: 00 local time and was visible over most of southern Scandinavia.

Initial calculations indicate that the space rock landed 60 km west of Oslo. The weight of the meteorite could reach 10 kg, its speed was 16.3 km/s.

The meteor may have collided with the asteroid belt of the Solar System while flying between Mars and Jupiter.