(UPDATES) A SMALL, bright meteor lit up skies over northern Luzon early Thursday as it burned up entering the Earth's atmosphere, the European Space Agency (ESA) and witnesses said.

The one-meter (3.3-foot) space rock, named 2024 RW1, collided with the Earth's atmosphere at 12:39 a.m. and caused a "harmless" but "spectacular fireball" over Luzon, the ESA said.

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