Meteorites

What is though to be a giant meteor has been spotted over the west of Scotland.

Astonished Scots have captured a meteor streaking and burning brightly across the night sky.

The American Meteor Society has described it as a bolide, a large and rare fireball that creates a sonic boom.

New research suggests a meteorite hit north-west Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought.

The flaming ball was possibly the remains of a rocket booster, an astronomer says.