
Last month, 2008 TC3 became the first asteroid to hit the Earth after astronomers had predicted it would. Of course, it was small enough (6-10 feet) that it is believed to have mostly burned up in the atmosphere. Indirect evidence of this meteoric fireball was caught by an infrasound microphone in Kenya, a security camera in Egypt, a weather satellite, and an airline pilot. Now, we have images from Sudan of the smoke trail. For the full story, click here.