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Asteroid impact helps trace meteorite origins

Asteroid Impact Helps Trace Meteorite Origins

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The car-sized asteroid that exploded above the Nubian Desert last October was small compared to the dinosaur-killing, civilization-ending objects that still orbit the sun. But that didn't ...





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Leonid meteor shower peaks Tuesday, Nov. 17

Leonid meteor shower peaks Tuesday, Nov. 17 (w/ Video)

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Leonid meteor shower best viewing this year will be in the hours before dawn on Nov. 17.


Best (Meteor) Shower of 2009 - No Towel Required

Best (Meteor) Shower of 2009 - No Towel Required

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bundle up and get ready to watch a fiery lightshow stirred up by dead comets in Earth's upper atmosphere during the cold of winter in the dead of night. The annual Geminid meteor shower is ...


The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower

The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower

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created Jul 22, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 1

Mark your calendar: The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th and it should be a good show.


Venus Disappears during Meteor Shower

Venus Disappears during Meteor Shower

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 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 ...


Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12

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created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 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 ...


Perseid Meteor Shower To Peak Aug. 12

Perseid Meteor Shower To Peak Aug. 12

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created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 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 ...


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Orionid meteor shower peaks Wednesday

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 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.


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Spitzer Telescope Sees Trail of Comet Crumbs

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created May 11, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has snapped a picture of the bits and pieces making up Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3, which is continuing to break apart on its periodic journey around the sun. The new infrared ...


University of Western Ontario cameras capture 'fireball'

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created Oct 24, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (12) | comments 3

For the second time this year, The University of Western Ontario Meteor Group has captured incredibly rare video footage of a meteor falling to Earth. The team of astronomers suspects the fireball dropped meteorites in a ...


Geminid meteor shower to peak on 14th December 2009

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 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 ...



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