Space.com
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor Skywatchers around the world caught stunning views of the Perseid meteor shower overnight Friday (Aug. 12) despite a bright nearly full moon that threatened to outshine annual "shooting star" display's peak. ...
New Meteor Shower Discovered; May Uncover New Comet
A meteor seen in June 2010 in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. A meteor streaks over California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in July 2010 ...
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A Weekend Treat — Full Moon, Meteor Showers and the Space Station
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
In addition to that, the Perseid meteor showers will bring lots of oohs and aahs if you can stay up that late or if you're a really early morning riser. And then for a cherry on top of the ice cream sundae, if you're really lucky, you'll see the Space ...
Florida Fireball August 11, 2011 | American Meteor Society
The American Meteor Society has received nearly 30 reports of a bright fireball occurring over Florida between 1030-1100pm EDT on August 11. ...
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Reported 'Plane Down' May Have Been Meteor
WTOK
Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station. by Laura Schons Location: Meridian MS on Aug 12, 2011 at 04:06 PM I was heading back from Starkville Ms last night on 45 south about 10 minutes north of ...
| Meteors over The Alps PlanetSKI.eu It is why many observatories have been bulit in the Alps. There could be about onemeteor a minute as the earth passes through the debris left by the comet, Swift-Tuttle. It happens every August and is usually a spectacular display, more so though when ... |
New America Media
Fifteen years ago when scientists postulated that a Martian meteorite named Allan Hills might contain evidence of microscopic fossils of bacteria, the news was received with a mixture of astonishment and skepticism. This week, NASA researchers ...
Listen to Perseid meteor shower – Boing Boing
Photographer Travis Morisse took this great shot of a meteor streaking across the sky near Hutchinson, Kansas. Which reminds me, the Moon may obscure your ...
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| A trick to catch Perseid meteor shower 2011 in spite of a full moon Christian Science Monitor The Perseid meteor shower 2011 peaks overnight. The nearly-full moon will mask all but the brightest meteors, but even if you can't see the shooting stars, you can hear them on your FM radio. A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky over Stonehenge... |
| South Seas Fireball Startles Polynesian Island Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet "There was a large, a huge clap of thunder but it was its normal starry night outside,” Chenery told the broadcaster. The fireball is believed to have originated from the Perseid meteor shower, which was due to peak on Aug. 13. |
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the highlights in the skygazers' calendar, is set to peak in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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Jacko-link meteorite for sale
Sky News
Part of a meteorite with links to Michael Jackson is to be auctioned off next week. The late pop star bought one half of the meteorite in 2003 and the second piece is now up for sale. According to auctioneers, it spent four-and-a-half billion years in ...
 | Perseid - Understanding the meteor shower, which ... 3 min What's Up for August? Meteors! The Perseid meteor shower will take place in the early hours of August 13. credit: NASA W1TV ... youtube.com |
2011 The Year of Meteors!
