Cameras in the Pittsburgh area captured a bright meteor streaking across the sky on Tuesday morning.
The National Weather Service’s Pittsburgh office said it received reports from across western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio of loud booms and a fireball in the sky. Satellite data suggests it was caused by a meteor, the NWS said.
NASA said the asteroid, which was nearly six feet in diameter and weighed about seven tons, became visible at an altitude of 50 miles above Lake Erie…