Some meteor showers persist for weeks and months, even though Earth sweeps a big arc around the Sun during that time. The meteors arrive from a slightly different direction each day, which is a clue to why these showers last ...
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A company named Sky Canvas plans to launch a colorful artificial meteor shower barrage via micro-satellite.
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Dec 1, 2016
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It has just become harder for surprise meteor showers to escape our attention.
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Obviously, you've seen timelapse videos of the night sky because we share them here on Universe Today all the time. But you've probably not seen a video like this one before. This one isn't a timelapse, and you'll see the ...
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A 30-ton meteor - believed to be the world's second largest - was discovered in northern Argentina, a news report said Monday.
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Sep 14, 2016
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Time-lapse images captured during the peak of this summer's Perseid meteor shower have been released by the SkySentinel project, in which students at Florida Institute of Technology monitor the night sky from a network of ...
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Aug 18, 2016
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Friday 12 August sees the annual maximum of the Perseid meteor shower. This year, as well as the normal peak on the night of 12/13 August, meteor scientists are predicting additional enhanced activity in the shower the night ...
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An expert in meteorites says a bright flashing light and loud boom over the skies in metro Phoenix looks like a single meteor burning up as it entered the Earth's atmosphere at thousands of miles per hour.
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(Phys.org)—Discovered in 1983, the near-Earth asteroid Phaethon is an intriguing object, primarily due to its unusual orbit. Recently, an international team of astronomers has conducted a detailed study of this unique space ...
Itching to watch a meteor shower and don't mind getting up at an early hour? Good because this should be a great year for the annual Eta Aquarid (AY-tuh ah-QWAR-ids) shower which peaks on Thursday and Friday mornings May ...
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