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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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers working at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico has found an explanation for the variety of sounds people hear when witnessing a falling meteor—sounds that should not be heard until ...
A meteor over Lake Michigan lit up the sky Monday morning across several states in the Midwest.
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Feb 6, 2017
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The Geminids meteor shower hits its peak on Tuesday, but a full moon will outshine the celestial show this year.
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Dec 12, 2016
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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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Nov 21, 2016
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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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Sep 15, 2016
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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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Cypriot officials are baffled by reports that a meteor streaking across the nighttime sky may have exploded overhead with a thunderous bang that some said made the ground shake.
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Sep 9, 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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