The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18NOV2011

Behind the Clouds, Leonids Meteor Shower Will Dazzle
Patch.com
The Leonids meteor shower is expected to peak a few hours before dawn on Nov. 18. By Elizabeth Jeffery A Perseid fireball photographed in 1997 by Rick Scott and Joe Orman. Courtesy of NASA Elizabeth Jeffery, Ph.D., is an astronomer and former ...


Leonid meteor shower due tonight
Your Houston News
The annual Leonid meteor shower will take place tonight beginning at around 11 pm and continuing until the early hours of Thursday morning, but a bright third quarter moon may make viewing more difficult than usual. According to NASA's website, ...


Scientists: Mild show of Leonids peak tonight with 10 to 20 per hour visible
Examiner.com
The Leonids meteor shower will brighten the night sky across the Capital Region of upstate New York and much of the United States tonight. For those interested in braving the cold nights of November, the Leonids meteor shower will be best visible high ...


California Bright Fireball ... - Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Corona, CA Bright Fireball 03:00 am PST 14NOV2011 ... Very bright white fireball with blue green tint viewed from overhead, possibly from the West, falling ...
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PM Update: Coldest night of fall coming; sun-filled Friday
Washington Post (blog)
Leonid meteor shower: If you care to brave the cold, clear skies tonight will allow for viewing of Leonid meteor shower's peak. EarthSky notes the shower should “pick up steam” around midnight, when the constellation Leo rises over the eastern horizon. ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2011: Shooting Stars After Midnight ABC News Every year at this time, the Leonid meteor shower brightens the sky in the hours after midnight. If the weather is clear and you have an appetite, you may enjoy a quiet display of shooting stars. We're passing through the debris left by a comet called ... Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to dinosaurs Princeton University by Morgan Kelly A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteoritestrikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, according to two ... Moon threatens to outshine the big Leonid meteor show msnbc.com By Denise Chow The Leonid meteor shower peaks Thursday night, but bright moonlight is threatening to wash out this year's light display. The annual Leonidmeteor shower is expected to reach peak activity tonight at about 10:40 pm EST, but a luminous ... Students anticipate November meteor showers - The Round Up ... The Leonid meteor shower is coming up and some New Mexico State University students are excited about witnessing the spectacle. roundupdaily.com/.../article_75a051a0-0b4b-11e1-a37f-001a... Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to ... PhysOrg.com Credit: Courtesy of Gerta Keller (PhysOrg.com) -- A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteorite strikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 ...

Meteorite Fever Grips Wisconsin Town Livingston, Wis., has a serious case of meteorite fever. Ever since a fireball was seen in the ... thedenverchannel.com