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    Mysterious white streak spotted over US skies during surprise aurora storm. What was it? (photos)
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    Mysterious white streak spotted over US skies during surprise aurora storm. What was it? (photos)

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    1. ACSportsbooks on

      A surprise solar storm lit up the northern lights on May 17 when bits of a “wide” coronal mass ejection hit Earth even though they were supposed to miss us. At the same time, skywatchers saw a bright white streak cutting through the auroras, which turned out to be the fuel dump of a Chinese rocket’s upper stage passing overhead—not the rare STEVE phenomenon it first looked like.

    3. GravitationalEddie on

      A giant metal canister planted itself in the ground somewhere. There’ll probably be more.

    4. TheGreatGrungo on

      My cat’s name is Steve. I can not confirm or deny that it was him at this time