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Meteorite from Sept. 25 fireball event recovered and presented

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)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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 ...

STAR TRAK for December: Geminid meteors flash in December skies

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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.

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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 ...

The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

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

Best (Meteor) Shower of 2009 - No Towel Required

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 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 ...