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.

The flying space rock, which was less than 70 centimeters (27.5 inches) wide, had “been spotted on a collision course with” Earth, the European Space Agency said earlier Tuesday, predicting that the impact would be “harmless.”

A “nice fireball in the sky over northern Siberia” was reportedly…