Star Trak: May 2016
Mars will have its best opposition in more than a decade in May.
Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2016
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News tagged with meteors
Fossil teeth suggest that seeds saved bird ancestors from extinction
When the dinosaurs became extinct, plenty of small bird-like dinosaurs disappeared along with giants like Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. Why only some of them survived to become modern-day birds remains a mystery. Now, researchers ...
Archaeology
Apr 21, 2016
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SLAC researchers recreate the extreme universe in the lab
Conditions in the vast universe can be quite extreme: Violent collisions scar the surfaces of planets. Nuclear reactions in bright stars generate tremendous amounts of energy. Gigantic explosions catapult matter far out into ...
General Physics
Apr 15, 2016
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Early morning meteor lights up Britain's skies
A bright "fireball" meteor has lit up British skies.
Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2016
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The truth about Scotland's mysterious fireball
On Monday February 29 around 18:45, many lucky people in Scotland and the north of England witnessed something spectacular. A bright light streamed across the sky, flashing several times before fading away. You could see ...
Space Exploration
Mar 3, 2016
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Meteor suspected as mystery flash lights up Scottish sky
Scientists say a meteor was the cause of a bright flash of light reported by people across Scotland and northern England.
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2016
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The five greatest balls of fire over Earth
We live on a moving target in a cosmic firing range. Each day, the Earth is bombarded by about a hundred tonnes of space debris. It may sound alarming, but this is really nothing to worry about. Most of the objects that fall ...
Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2016
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Surprise meteor shower on New Year's Eve
A new network of video surveillance cameras in New Zealand has detected a surprise meteor shower on New Year's Eve. The shower is called the Volantids, named after the constellation Volans, the flying fish, from which the ...
Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2016
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Exploring the solar system—the best of what you can look out for in 2016
This year is shaping up to be another exciting one for space after a bonanza of discoveries and celestial events in 2015.
Space Exploration
Jan 8, 2016
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Streak of light in Western US sky sends social media abuzz (Update)
The body of a Russian rocket that burned up as it entered the Earth's atmosphere set off a wave of excitement on social media and fueled speculation over what caused the flash of light to shoot across the sky in the American ...
Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2015
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