What Kind of Objects Hit the Earth Each Day?
Every day about 100 tons of meteoroids — fragments of dust and gravel and sometimes even big rocks – enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Stand out under…
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The Geminid Meteor Shower, December 2010
A Geminid fireball explodes over the Mojave Desert in 2009. Credit: Wally Pacholka / AstroPics.com / TWAN. The Geminid meteor shower, which peaks this year on…
Read the articleThe Leonids, 2010
The annual Leonid Meteor Shower lasts from November 10 through the 23rd and peaks before dawn on November 17. Unfortunately, a Full Moon arrives on November…
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Astronomers are predicting a dazzling display of shooting stars on the night of August 12/13 as the Perseid meteor shower reaches a peak in activity. The…
Read the articleMeteorite Explodes Over Indonesia
On October 8, 2009 at about 03:00 GMT, with no warning, an approx. 10-meter wide asteroid hit Earth’s atmosphere above Indonesia and exploded. The break-up was…
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The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week and it could be a very good show. “Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet,…
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The annual Perseid meteor shower is about to peak. The show begins after sunset on Tuesday, August 11th, and continues until the sun rises on Wednesday,…
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Arietid Meteor Shower
The annual Arietid meteor shower peaks on Sunday, June 7th. The Arietids are unusual because they are daytime meteors; they stream out of a point in…
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On Dec. 6th, 2008 at 1:06 a.m. MST, a meteor of stunning brightness lit up the skies over Colorado, USA. Astronomer Chris Peterson photographed the event…
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The Perseid meteor shower is underway and should reach its peak during the next 24 hours. Forecasters say the best time to look is during the…
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