> The frequency of fireballs in our planet’s skies seemed to grow in recent months.

It feels reductive to point out that this has coincided with a massive increase in the number of small satellites with limited lifespans up there.

(And yes, you'd expect NASA and the AMS to have thought of that but I honestly wouldn't put it past them to be deliberately ignoring Starlink satellites given Musk's political power and petulance to people who cross him.)