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Fear of apocalypse as meteor burns brighter than the moon while entering the Earth’s atmosphere

Pittsburgh, USA:  The moment in which an observatory in Pittsburgh, USA, captured a meteor streaking across the night sky at 45,000mph early on Tuesday morning.

The hunk of space rock burned so brightly as it slammed into Earth's atmosphere that it appeared brighter than a full moon.

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