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

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Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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

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.

Meteorite from Sept. 25 fireball event recovered and presented

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 16, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (10) | 2

When Tony Garchinski heard a loud crash just after 9 p.m. on Friday, September 25 he didn't think much of it. That is, until he awoke the next morning to find the windshield of his mom's Nissan Pathfinder ...

SOMN Fireball event of September 25, 2009

Astronomers capture spectacular meteor footage and images (w/ Video)

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Oct 07, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (12) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter than a full moon. The meteor lit up the skies ...

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 ...

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 ...

Return of the Leonids

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Dec 05, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (7) | 0

Astronomers from Caltech and NASA say a strong shower of Leonid meteors is coming in 2009. Their prediction follows an outburst on Nov. 17, 2008, that broke several years of "Leonid quiet" and heralds even ...

STAR TRAK for November

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Nov 03, 2008 | 4 / 5 (10) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in the sky, will steadily approach each other during November as if drawn by their mutual brillliance. Finally they will have a spectacular encounter ...

Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon

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Sep 03, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (18) | 0

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, ...

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 ...

August brings the Perseid meteors and a cluster of planets

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Aug 01, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (16) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak before dawn on Aug. 12. This year the Perseids will be competing with the nearly full moon at first, but after the moon sets there will be many bright ...