December 22nd 2025

During the nights of December 20 and 21, we were able to witness two beautiful fireball events over the center of the Iberian Peninsula. The first occurred at 21:10 UT on the 20th, and the second at 02:45 UT.

Both events were recorded by the SMART Project detectors operated from the observatories of Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), Mazagón (Huelva), and Seville. The one on the 21st could also be observed from Otura (Granada).

The external cameras of the Calar Alto Observatory in Almería also witnessed both objects.

November 21, 2025

Over the past few days, the sky has turned into a true light show: we’ve detected more than a dozen fireballs just this week! Each night brings its own fleeting flash, the result of the intense meteoric activity we’ve been recording throughout November.

Comets such as 2P/Encke and 55P/Temple–Tuttle are fueling this surge in activity that has persisted all month long.
On November 18th, 19th, and 20th, several of these events were captured by the SMART Project sensors at the Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), Otura (Granada), Seville, Mazagón (Huelva), and El Arenosillo (Huelva) observatories.

Once again, the external cameras at Calar Alto in Almería recorded these brilliant fireballs. Below you will find the preliminary data for the events already analyzed. As we receive new information, we will update this note with the results of the remaining analyses.

November 20th, 2025

Last night, November 19, at 20:52 UT, a new fireball was observed off the Costa de la Luz.

The detectors of the SMART Project, operated from the Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), and Huelva observatories, recorded this object.

Some of the external cameras operated by the Calar Alto Observatory in Almería also witnessed the event; the humidity that night caused the videos to lack the usual quality we’ve come to expect.

November 16th 2025

Last night of November 14th, a fireball streaked across the skies of southern Spain at 19h02 UT.

Detectors from the SMART Project, operated from the Calar Alto (Almería), Mazagón (Huelva), and Seville observatories, recorded the passage of this object through our atmosphere.

Three of the external cameras at the Calar Alto Observatory in Almería were also able to record this object, despite the clouds covering much of the Iberian Peninsula.

November 12th 2025

In the early hours of November 11th, 2025, Armistice Day of WW I, two strong coronal mass ejections erupteded almost simultaneously from the Sun's active region #4274 toward the Earth, carrying a large mass of magnetized solar plasma at a speed of about 1,500 km per second.

This material reached our planet in the early hours of today, November 12, interacting with the Earth's upper atmosphere and generating a strong geomagnetic storm (Kp index of 8 to 9-, G4 scale “severe”).