(WAFB) - Widespread reports and videos of a fiery trail spotted in the skies over south Louisiana left many wondering what they had witnessed just after 10 p.m. on Saturday night. Was it a comet?

This comet, named ATLAS after the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System that discovered it, reached an extraordinary ...

Many videos coming into the newsroom of a fiery object in the night sky. With how fast it's moving and how long it's lasting, I don't think it's a comet or meteor. (1/2) ...

The agency's probe witnessed the comet soar directly into the sun's fiery orbit and disintegrated without a trace Monday.

A fiery spectacle over the southeastern United ... The Ursid meteor shower is caused by Earth passing through debris left behind by Comet 8P/Tuttle. This periodic comet, discovered by Pierre ...

Meteors are leftover pieces from broken asteroids and comet particles that spread out ... and pieces of dust and rock create colorful, fiery displays called meteor showers as they disintegrate ...