fireball
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This bright hotspot acts like a persistent fireball on the star.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
As this nuclear fireball grows, it mixes with the surrounding atmosphere, cools, and eventually condenses into tiny solid particles that become nuclear fallout.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket unleashed a massive fireball into the sky as it exploded during a test on Thursday, in the latest blow to billionaire Jeff Bezos's space ambitions.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
By daylight, a massive fireball was filmed erupting near a cluster of high-rise residential buildings, sending a mushroom-shaped column of smoke rising above the city skyline.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
The sizzle in my lungs now becoming a full fireball dropping into my gut.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
A ban on "hulla parties" -- groups deployed to drive elephants away using "fireballs" and burning stakes -- is required, it said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Larger incoming objects, such as boulder sized rocks that create especially bright flashes, are known as bolides or fireballs.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
Video images of the fireballs circled the globe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Stonehaven's Hogmanay fireballs event will be going ahead, with about 10,000 people expected to attend.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
One of them had surged into the sky before erupting into spectacular fireballs with the capsule still attached.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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