BBC News
Stargazers have been observing the annual Leonids meteor shower. Most of the meteors are no bigger than a grain of sand and enter the Earth's atmosphere at speeds of about 65 or 70 kilometres per second. Matt Burt took this picture during the early ...
Moon, Mars and Bright Star Gather Early Saturday
Space.com
This constellation has been of some interest these past few days because of the peak of the annual Leonid meteor shower on Nov. 17. The sky map of the three objects here shows how they will appear together before dawn on Saturday. ...
Meteors land in Chassell
UpperMichigansSource.com
These lunar and meteor samples came directly from NASA and the students got a first hand look at what astronauts brought back to earth over 40 years ago. "This is actually back to their grandparents' generation for a lot of the students here. ...
Leonid Meteor Shower over Phoenix 11/19/2011
Examiner.com
The Leonid Meteor shower will have good viewing times being from 3 to 4 am on the morning of Saturday November 19, 2011. That will be on November 18 from the Australian viewpoint. This will be one of the more visible star gazing spectacles that many of ...
Meteor Shower Visible over Indianapolis
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
By Alex Brown (alex@wibc.com) The meteor shower was visible in the early morning hours as particles burned up while entering Earth's atmosphere. Brian Murphy with the Holcomb Observatory at Butler University says the third quarter moon made it a little ...
Moon may outshine Leonid meteor show - Technology & science ...
The Leonid meteor shower peaks Thursday night, but bright moonlight is threatening to wash out this year's light display.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../moon-threatens-outshine-big-leonid-...
| Meteor sky show set to reach peak BBC News The annual Leonids meteor shower is set to reach its peak on Thursday, astronomers say. The shower is caused by the Earth moving through a shower of debris from the comet Temp |
 | How to Watch a Meteor Shower When a comet orbits the sun, it sheds a stream of debris. Meteor showers are caused when the ... video.nz.msn.com |
