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On Sunday, many people in Texas were scared by what appeared to be falling stars in the night sky. Some said that they came from UFOs, while others maintained that they were a part of the cloud of debris generated by the collision of two satellites high above the Earth. However, astronomers argued this week that the ... |
19 February 2009
08:30 GMT |
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Almost a decade ago, we were accustomed to seeing strong meteor showers sported by the Leonids. They were really impressive back then, but of late they have reduced in size, rate and awesomeness, with a small exception provided this year, when the fireball display took astronomers by surprise. Still, it's hardly... |
5 December 2008
10:20 GMT |
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Normally, the celestial phenomenon of the September Perseids is not worth staying up and watching. It's a meteor shower of reduced dimensions and intensity, as seen from the Earth. Or, at least, it was until this year. Most meteor enthusiasts and researchers, NASA's Bill Cooke included, were taken by surpri... |
12 November 2008
07:56 GMT |
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Those of you who enjoy gazing at the sky are in for a treat tomorrow, and a week after tomorrow, as the so-called Taurid meteors will provide a great meteor shower show. The meteors are rocky and dusty fragments of a once larger body, diving into Earth's atmosphere at incredible speeds, while the heating of thei... |
4 November 2008
07:29 GMT |
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This was the first time in history that astronomers were able to detect and to predict a meteor impact before it actually happened. In the past, scientists were limited to witnessing various celestial bodies being burnt and disintegrated in the upper layers of the atmosphere, due to intense friction. But on Monday, d... |
8 October 2008
05:13 GMT |
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While in India Ericsson is helping disadvantaged people, back in Europe, the Swedish telecommunications giant is taking care of more technical things. The company has announced a new deal with the Irish mobile operator Meteor, according to which it will be the exclusive supplier of the carrier's future nationwid... |
5 June 2008
13:17 GMT |
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The night sky will entertain us this month with a splendid combination of stars, complemented by the Moon and Saturn. Starting with 8 April, star gazers will be able to view the Pleiades star cluster rising above the western skies after the sunset, as the Moon passes through the first quarter, the full moon phase and... |
1 April 2008
06:04 GMT |
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The Ursids meteors shower usually begins on the 17th of December every year, and lasts for more than a week, until 25th or 26th of December. Its name comes from the point where it seems to radiate, which is somewhere near the star Beta Ursae Minor, in the constellation of Ursa Minor, also known as the Little Dipper. ... |
13 December 2007
07:45 GMT |
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Are you ready? You will not see this again until next year: Halley's comet will bring forth the magnificent Orionid meteor shower at its peak this week. The show is triggered by fragments of this "king star" amongst other comets. You could see these days 15 or 20 meteors an hour by the naked eye. The Orionid sho... |
19 October 2007
05:08 GMT |
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No one is sure yet if it really was a meteorite, but hundreds of Peruvians have required treatment after Saturday night, an object from space crashed on Earth, in a remote area, leaving a deep crater near the town of Carancas (Andes), in the Puno area (south Peru, near the Bolivian border), some 1,300km (800 mi) sout... |
19 September 2007
05:31 GMT |
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Tomorrow morning you can take a look at a rare two-hour meteor shower coming from the remote Oort cloud, at the edges of the Solar System. The Aurigid show will reach its maximum at 4:30 a.m. Pacific daylight time, spotting the night sky with about 200 shooting stars each hour.The unusual event can be witnessed just ... |
31 August 2007
04:46 GMT |
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Be prepared this weekend: you will witness the most amazing cosmic shower as the summer's annual meteor dazzling show reaches its peak. As this year the moon won't interfere with the Perseid meteor shower, the eager beavers hope to watch streaking fireballs late Sunday into dawn Monday, no matter the longit... |
13 August 2007
03:55 GMT |
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August will be a good month for skywatchers around the world, as the most important meteor shower of the year will put an impressive show, with dozens of shooting stars being expected each hour in the night sky.The best thing about the annual Perseid meteor shower is the fact that the Moon - space bane of meteor watc... |
13 July 2007
02:46 GMT |
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New images of a recent landslide in the Martian crater Zunil show astonishing blue streaks on the walls. This image was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars reconnaissance orbiter. There's a catch, though. This is a false color picture and its purpose i... |
6 June 2007
16:16 GMT |
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Business Correspondent Eircom has announced that it will launch a personalized mobile phone brand sometime at the end of this month. Ericom Mobile will hopefully turn out to be a successful launch for the already highly regarded phone company.The action is targeted at 8,000 small and medium-sized businesses costumers... |
7 May 2007
09:57 GMT |
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On Sunday, a meteor shower will occur when fragments dragged along by Halley's Comet will enter and burn in the night sky. Called the eta Aquarid meteor shower because their radiant appears to lie in the constellation Aquarius, near one of the constellation's brightest stars, Eta Aquarii, they are not exa... |
5 May 2007
06:05 GMT |
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The Lyrid meteor shower will peak this weekend, in the morning of April 22 and 23. The Lyrids are a strong meteor shower lasting from April 15th to April 28th each year. The radiant of the meteor shower is located in the constellation Lyra. It peaks at April 22th. The source of the meteor shower is the periodic Com... |
20 April 2007
10:11 GMT |
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