A streaking fireball lit the starkly cold Tuesday morning sky and detonated with the force of 250 tons of TNT, rattling windows and alarming Northeast Ohioans.

At last, a reason to visit Ohio. Meteorite hunters are descending on the Buckeye State after a huge meteor streaked across the sky and rained down interplanetary fragments. The space rock — a six-foot-wide,

Skies across Northeast Ohio lit up with a fireball Tuesday morning, caused by an asteroid weighing about seven tons.

The Tar Heel State's own most recent meteor event was only a few years ago. Here's everything to know.

A six-foot, six-ton asteroid passed over northeastern Ohio on March 17, bringing the possibility of fragmented pieces scattered across a wide area.

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week. (AP video shot by Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)