06 May 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06MAY2015

Meteor shower courtesy of Halley's comet peaks tonight: Watch it live here
Los Angeles Times
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks tonight, and you can watch it live right here. Beginning at 5 p.m. PDT, the astronomy website Slooh.com will live ...

Meteor Shower Created By Halley's Comet Visble Tuesday
WPEC
If you're unable to get outside in the early morning hours to view the meteor shower, a community observatory Slooh will be broadcasting the shower ...

Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks Wednesday morning
Washington Post (blog)
If you rise before the sun comes up Wednesday morning and have clear skies above you, look up! The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will be spraying ...

How to Watch the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
TIME
Meteors will streak through the skies Tuesday night as part of the Eta Aquarids, a meteor shower made up of remnants from Halley's comet. Viewers in ...

Stunning overhead shots of Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona
Daily Mail
Stunning overhead footage of the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona which was created 50000 years ago.

Meteor shower from remnants of Halley's comet peaks early Wednesday morning
Orlando Sentinel
The annual meteor shower runs from April 21-May 20, so if the skies clear in the days after its peak, there's still opportunity to catch some meteors.

Eyes to the Sky: Halley's Comet Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Discovery
This event is officially known as the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower, and it occurs annually between April 21 and May 20. Halley's Comet itself will not be ...

Halley's Comet Debris Will Fly Through Sky in Annual Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
ABC News
Debris from Halley's Comet will streak across the sky overnight for the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower. Pieces of the icy comet break off and burn ...

Yucatán primed for meteor shower show
Yucatán Expat Life
Despite some clouds, favorable viewing conditions are in store for the Yucatán Peninsula in time for the peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower.

See bits of Halley's comet in Eta Aquarid meteorshower
CBS News
The last time Halley's comet streaked through our skies was 1986. But if you look up Tuesday night, you may be able to catch sight of pieces of the ...

Meteor shower to be visible locally Wednesday morning
WWL
NEW ORLEANS - Chief Meteorologist Carl Arredondo says there will be some prime viewing of a meteor shower available just before dawn ..

Massive Lava Flows Linked to Dinosaur-Killing Impact
Live Science
According to an international research team, the Chicxulub meteor impact 66 million years ago may have triggered a magnitude-11 earthquake that ...

An artist's reconstruction of the archaeornithura, the earliest known bird, which lived about 131 ...
The Australian (blog)
Birds were dinosaurs' direct descendants and the only lineage to survive the catastrophic meteor impact thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs 66 ...

Stars Above: Keep an eye open for meteor showers
Montreal Gazette
Late night on May 6 and continuing for the rest of the week, look for a flurry of shooting stars thanks to the peak of the annual Eta Aquarid meteor ...

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