Dark skies due to a nearly invisible moon will make this year's Perseid meteor shower—peaking Wednesday and Thursday—an especially star-studded event, astronomers say.
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Aug 12, 2015
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The evening of Wednesday 12 August into the morning of Thursday 13 August sees the annual maximum of the Perseid meteor shower. This year, a new moon makes prospects for watching this natural firework display particularly ...
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Aug 7, 2015
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Two great light shows should be visible to Arizonans this month: the annual Geminids meteor shower and a total lunar eclipse.
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Dec 13, 2010
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A firework display is often the finale of a celebratory event, something that many people can experience and enjoy at the same time. This week, the 9 – 14th August, we should be seeing a firework display with a difference: ...
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2015
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The annual best-of-summer meteor shower peaks late Tuesday and into the wee hours Wednesday morning.
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2014
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stronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 flight engineer, tweeted this image from the International Space Station in August, 2011 with the following caption: "What a `Shooting Star' looks like from space, taken yesterday during ...
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Jun 29, 2015
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A spectacular display of hundreds of shooting stars are expected to be visible in the skies across parts of the UK late on Wednesday as the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak.
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Aug 12, 2015
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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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Bright shooting stars are one of nature's great wonders. Like the one in the main image, which was visible from Devon in the south-west of England in June, these fireballs are caused by space rocks hitting Earth's atmosphere. ...
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