A small asteroid sped toward Earth before burning out above far northeastern Russia on Tuesday night, sparking a natural light show for residents in that remote corner of the planet, officials said.

Asteroid 2024 UQ was spotted only hours before it burned up over Earth on 22 October. Another rock, dubbed 2024 BX1 and measuring just about a metre across, burned up over Berlin in January while 2024 RW1 caused a fireball over the Philippines in September.

A small asteroid will impact Earth's atmosphere this morning. Currently dubbed COWEPC5, the 1.6 to 4-feet asteroid was discovered earlier this morning, hours before its expected crash over Eastern Russia's Olykminsky District at 10:14 a.

Astronomers have spotted a 70-centimetre asteroid that is set to hit the atmosphere above northern Siberia at 4.15 pm GMT, making a fireball in the sky

The unnamed asteroid is part of a growing list of near-Earth objects being monitored by space agencies around the globe