Astonishing moment asteroid explodes over the Channel as it hurtles through Earth's atmosphere
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An asteroid lit up the night sky over the English Channel after entering the Earth's atmosphere in the early hours of the morning.
The 3ft meteoroid created a shooting star and an 'airburst' that could be seen across southern England and Wales and in parts of northern France as far south as Paris.
The rock, called 2023 CX1, entered the atmosphere around two miles off the French coast at 3am, creating a fireball as it disintegrated into small pieces which landed in the sea.
It was only the seventh time an asteroid strike had been successfully forecast, in what the European Space Agency said was 'a sign of the rapid advancements in global asteroid detection capabilities'.
For scientists, forecasting harmless asteroids like this morning's one is seen as good practice for detecting ones that could pose a risk to the planet.