Pin ItemailprintIf you love meteor showers, then hold onto your butts because 2012 is going to start with a bang. This year’s often-overlook Quadrantids should put on quite a show if you’re willing to stay up late to catch it. Unlike most of last year’s meteor showers, the moon won’t put a damper on the [...]
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Were you looking forward to tonight’s 2011 edition of the Leonid meteor shower? You may want to grab your calendar and pencil it in for 2012 instead. The annual meteor shower peaks tonight (Thursday, November 17), but bright moonlight may just wash out the show this year. The 2011 Leonid meteor shower should reach its [...]
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Were you hoping to catch a few brilliant streaks in the sky tonight? Well, it looks like a full moon will almost certainly put a damper on the 2011 edition of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. Every August, our Planet Earth passes through the orbit of Comet Swift-Tuttle, resulting in a meteor shower of usually [...]
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Perk up, stargazers. You’ve got a busy night ahead of you. The annual spectacle that is the Geminid meteor shower will peak tonight after midnight in the northern hemisphere. The best time to watch will likely be late Monday night, December 13, and Tuesday morning, December 14, between the hours of midnight and dawn. This [...]
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The chill of November is in the air which can only mean one thing, the return of the Leonid Meteor Shower. Unfortunately, the Leonid Meteor Shower 2010 edition will be hampered somewhat by the light of the moon until about midnight. The annual meteor shower lasts from November 10 through the 23rd and will reach [...]
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Get ready! One of the best shows in the summer sky, the annual Perseid meteor shower, is set to peak tonight and into the early morning hours on Friday. If you live in a relatively dark area, you can look to see as many as 75 meteors per hour (that’s over one meteor per minute!). [...]
An apparent meteor in Wisconsin dazzled some residents around 10 p.m. local time last night. The object caused sonic booms and lit up the sky like a full moon. So far, officials at the National Weather Service haven’t been able to confirm that the object was a meteor, but meteor showers were supposed to hit [...]
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The Leonid Meteor Shower 2009 is here. The annual spectacle can be seen November 13-20, but the peak of meteoric activity will occur on Tuesday morning, November 17, 2009. The best time to spot meteors will be after 1:30 a.m. EST and prior to sunrise. This year, the view should be spectacular as the moon [...]
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The Orionid Meteor Shower 2009 is about to hit its annual peak. Every October as the Earth orbits the Sun, it navigates through an area containing dust and rock particles left behind by Halley’s comet. As these minute particles collide with the Earth’s atmosphere they burn up, producing bright streaks of light. The meteors seem [...]
The Perseid Meteor Shower 2009 is set to put on a spectacular show tonight and early tomorrow morning, for those who might be willing to venture outdoors during the very early morning hours. In the United States, the best time to catch the show will be between 12am and 5am EDT on Wednesday, August 12th. [...]
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The Lyrids meteor shower, which takes place every year between April 16 to April 26, will hit its peak this week. It peaks April 21 and April 22, but meteors will be visible until about April 26. Although the Lyrids meteor shower typically isn’t the biggest of the annual meteor showers, this year’s takes place [...]
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