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Each year sees about 20 meteor showers occurring all around the world, of which a select few are easily visible in the night sky. For December, the Geminid shower is the most famous, but it's not the only one. Late December always sees the peak of the Ursid meteor shower, which will occur tonight.
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22 December 2011
09:12 GMT |
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Usually one of the most visible and amazing meteor showers of the year, the 2011 Geminids may be obscured and made less visible by the full Moon. The meteor shower peaks tomorrow, December 13. Even officials at NASA joked about this issue, saying that it would be nice if we could somehow turn off the Moon for just t... |
12 December 2011
07:39 GMT |
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This year, January 4 will be a special day, bringing skywatchers two major events: the Quadrantid meteor shower, and a partial eclipse of the sun.Just before sunrise, you should be able to see one of the richest meteor showers of the year, followed by a partial eclipse of the sun, which will be visible only for skywa... |
3 January 2011
06:12 GMT |
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As many have probably read already, in a couple of days there will be a rare total eclipse of the moon, which will provide an also rare opportunity to see a December meteor shower that usually hardly gets noticed.
Normally, December is the month when, if you can face the cold and you have clear skies, you can see ... |
18 December 2010
06:58 GMT |
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The best meteor shower of this year is going to be hitting its peak tonight, a few days before the holidays, so skywatchers should prepare to be amazed by the 120 meteors that should be seen every hour. The star of tonight's show is the Geminid meteor shower, which is an annual mid-December rain of meteors that... |
13 December 2010
05:46 GMT |
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This year’s Leonid meteor shower is peaking this week and the best time to enjoy the incredible show is right now.The Leonid meteor shower is a yearly event, that occurs every mid-November, SPACE.com reports.The comet Tempel-Tuttle passes every year near Earth's orbit, during its usual trip through the sol... |
17 November 2010
09:05 GMT |
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August comes within a week and this time of the year is perfect for watching meteorites in the Northern Hemisphere. Even if the best views are in mid-August, part of the show starts before, meteor showers can be spotted this year from July 12 to the end of August.The annual Perseid shower is the peak of the summer me... |
24 July 2010
05:11 GMT |
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People in central and eastern Asia will be very lucky this year, as the most wonderful sight of the renowned Leonid meteor shower will be observable form their region. Astronomers predict that as many as a few hundred balls of fire will become visible for brief periods during several hours. According to experts, the ... |
2 November 2009
02:07 GMT |
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The Quadrantid meteor shower is a very rare and unpredictable appearance, so if you, or someone in your family, are a space enthusiast, remember to be outside in the early hours of the 3rd of January, 2009, just before sunrise. The western part of the United States and Canada will have the vantage point during the sh... |
22 December 2008
09:20 GMT |
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Only two and a half years ago, if you had claimed to have seen a flash of light on the surface of the Moon, you would have been quickly catalogued as a lunatic. I guess NASA has a lot of lunatics working for it, as it claims that since 2005, it has observed at least 100 flashes of light being produced on the surface ... |
21 May 2008
10:53 GMT |
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Comet Halley last visited Earth 22 years ago but it left enough debris in its orbit to entertain us with not one, but two annual meteor showers, the Aquarids and the Orionids. The Aquarid meteor shower usually takes place in May while the Orionids come around in October. This year's Aquarid meteor shower is expe... |
5 May 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Meteor showers occur on Earth every year. Some individual meteors streaming through the Martian atmosphere have been observed as well, however this is the first time when a full meteor shower is detected. By tracking the paths of the comets passing through the vicinity of Mars, UK scientists believe that they can pre... |
2 April 2008
04:59 GMT |
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Astronomers got an unprecedented view at what is one of the most hard to see annual meteor showers, during the night of January 3rd, with the help of a Gulfstream V aircraft flying over the arctic regions of the Earth. The campaign had been initiated by NASA's Ames Research Center and the SETI Institute, it was ... |
7 February 2008
11:07 GMT |
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As its name says, the Geminid meteor shower originates from a point close to the Gemini constelation, near the Castor star, and represents one of the most satisfying annual meteor showers, in some years even surpassing the famous Perseids meteor shower that occurs in the month of August. It is triggered by the passin... |
14 December 2007
04:11 GMT |
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This year, the Geminid Meteor Shower will peak on the night of 13-14 December, and is thought to make quite a show on the night sky, or as astronomers David Levy and Stephen Edberg would say, 'if you haven't seen a Geminid fireball, then you haven't seen a meteor'. This particular meteor shower ge... |
7 December 2007
10:10 GMT |
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Leonid Meteor Shower is associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle. The event gets its name from the region of the sky, from which the meteors seem to radiate, since they stream down to Earth from a single point. The meteor shower takes place every year around the date of 17th of November, plus or minus a week, when the... |
16 November 2007
09:17 GMT |
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