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Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon
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Sep 03, 2008 |
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One, the old-fashioned way: Find a dark place with starry skies and count the meteors streaking overhead. Two, the new way: Find a dark place with starry skies and then completely ignore the meteors. Instead, ...
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Geminid meteor shower to peak on 14th December 2009
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak at 0510 GMT on 14th December. Meteors (or ‘shooting stars’) are the result of small particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed, heating up ...
Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12
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Aug 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's time once again for nature to put on its late-summer fireworks show: the Perseid meteor shower. This year's best viewing will be before dawn on Aug. 12, with a second chance after sunset ...
Leonid meteor shower peaks Tuesday, Nov. 17 (w/ Video)
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Leonid meteor shower best viewing this year will be in the hours before dawn on Nov. 17.
The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower
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Jul 22, 2008 |
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Mark your calendar: The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th and it should be a good show.
Orionids Meteor Shower Lights Up the Sky
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Earth is currently passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, lighting up the night sky with the "fireworks" of the annual Orionids meteor shower.
Orionid meteor shower peaks Wednesday
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Orionid meteor shower will peak in the hours before dawn on Oct. 21, according to the editors of StarDate magazine, who said the shower could produce up to 20 meteors per hour.
The Perseids are Coming
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Jul 31, 2009 |
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Earth is entering a stream of dusty debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, the source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Although the shower won't peak until August 11th and 12th, the show is already getting underway. ...
Exploding Lunar Eclipse
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Aug 27, 2007 |
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Most people appreciate lunar eclipses for their silent midnight beauty. NASA astronomer Bill Cooke is different: he loves the explosions.
Astronomers Detect Sodium Gas Ejected by Lunar Impact
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Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Boston University astronomers announced today observations of a cloud of sodium gas ejected from the Moon’s surface as a result of the NASA impact experiment that was part of its Lunar Reconnaissance ...
China says completes 3D moon map
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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China has completed a high-resolution, three-dimensional map of the entire surface of the moon, in an important step towards a future lunar landing, an expert involved in the project said Tuesday.
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