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STAR TRAK for December: Geminid meteors flash in December skies

Dec 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower, which will reach its maximum on the night of Dec. 13-14, usually offers the best show of the year, outperforming even the Perseid shower of August. This year ...

The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower

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Nov 10, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst ...

Orionids Meteor Shower Lights Up the Sky

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Oct 21, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 0

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.

Professor says current meteor shower proves theory of calendar's origin

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Aug 13, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (9) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stargazers are in for a unique treat tonight: the planet Earth will pass through the debris train of the Swift-Tuttle comet this evening which astronomers call the Perseid meteor shower. ...

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12

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Aug 07, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 3

(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 ...

The Perseids are Coming

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Jul 31, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (12) | 2

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. ...

Venus Disappears during Meteor Shower

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Apr 17, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (12) | 0

Picture this: It's 4:30 in the morning. You're up and out before the sun. Steam rises from your coffee cup, floating up to the sky where a silent meteor streaks through a crowd of stars. A few minutes later ...

December: Ursid meteor shower out-performs the Geminids

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Dec 01, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (14) | 0

The annual Geminid meteor shower, which will reach its maximum on the night of Dec. 13-14, usually offers the best show of the year, outperforming even the Perseid shower of August.

Perseid Meteor Shower To Peak Aug. 12

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Aug 07, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 0

The annual Perseid meteor shower will be visible in the night sky throughout Colorado and will peak during the early morning hours of Aug. 12, according to an astronomy expert at the University of Colorado ...

Meteor showers in Asia disappoint

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Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Thousands of stargazers across Asia stayed awake overnight to catch a glimpse of what was advertised as an intense Leonid meteor shower, but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many because of ...

STAR TRAK for November: Mars is prominent again

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Nov 02, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pumpkin-colored Mars will return to prominence during November, rising shortly before midnight at the beginning of the month and more than two hours earlier by month's end. The orange planet ...

Orionid meteor shower peaks Wednesday

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Oct 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(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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Aug 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

Splat! There goes another bug on the windshield. Anyone who's ever driven down a country lane has seen it happen. A fast moving car, a cloud of multiplying insects, and a big disgusting mess.

Geminid meteor shower to peak on 14th December 2009

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Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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 ...