Meteorite exploded in Eastern Cape, traveling at 72,360 km/h

On August 25, a meteorite traveling at 72,360 km/h exploded north of Gqeberha, releasing energy equivalent to 92 tonnes of dynamite. Citizen scientists contributed to the event's study, with a video capturing its descent and fragments found by a nine-year-old. Scientists confirmed it was not space junk and utilized data from NASA and a Cold War-era facility to analyze the incident.