A meteoroid-a small body moving through space-is called a meteor when it encounters a planet's atmosphere and subsequently produces a bright streak of light. This occurs because the meteoroid is traveling many times faster than the speed of sound.
Police in Koblenz said the impact involved a burned-out celestial object that crashed into the building, adding that firefighters and police were on site and that there was no ongoing danger. Emergency services reported a surge in calls as the meteor was seen across large parts of western Germany, including Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Saarland, Baden-Wurttemberg and Lower Saxony.
The "blood moon," or full lunar eclipse, occurs when the Earth's shadow is fully cast between the moon and the sun. The dark red color is the result of the light passing through the Earth's atmosphere. This acts as a sort of prism, scattering the light and causing the moon's surface to appear red.
