Meteor detected over AZ, NM 21DEC2012

MBIQ Detects AZ NM Meteor 21DEC2012
Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) Bot has just detected a meteor event over NM and AZ.  We need your reports to confirm this event.  Thank you!
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Event confirmed; Initial Meteor Sighting Reports:
21DEC2012 Mark Tucson, AZ, USA 22:42:00 3 sec Started over center of sky, travelling eastward green less bright than sun, brighter than planets, as bright as moon no fragmentation n/a

21DEC2012 esther douglas arizona 1045 5 seconds sout white same as sun no looked like a shooting star with fire
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'All Clear' Given on Potential 2040 Impact of Asteroid 2011 AG5
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news176.html
"All Clear" Given on Potential 2040 Impact of Asteroid 2011 AG5
NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office
December 21, 2012
NASA scientists have announced that new observations of 2011 AG5 show
that this asteroid, once thought to have a worrisome potential to
threaten Earth, no longer poses a significant risk of impact.

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Peter Jenniskens Discusses Meteorite finds - YouTube
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Peter Jenniskens Discusses Meteorite finds ... Sutter's Mill Meteorite: a Californian ...
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Meteorite Found In California Contains Some Of The Oldest Material In The Solar System
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 09:23 AM PST
To earthbound observers, the SUV-sized meteorite looked like a bright streak of green and white in the daytime sky, causing an intense boom as it burned up at a safe distance above Earth's surface.

New meteorite suggests that asteroid surfaces more complex than previously thought
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 08:46 AM PST
Meteorites that fell from an asteroid impact that lit up the skies over California and Nevada in April are showing scientists just how complex an asteroid surface can be. A new study describes the speedy recovery of the meteorites and reports that this space rock is an unusual example from a rare group known as carbonaceous chondrites, which contain some of the oldest material in the solar system.

The Meteor That Streaked Over California In April Had The Energy Of Four Kilotons Of TNT
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 07:53 AM PST
Meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens must move quickly to trap evidence of a fresh meteorite fall. In 2008, a small asteroid roughly three meters across struck Earth’s atmosphere over northern Sudan, producing a brilliant fireball in the sky.

Scientists Reveal Findings on Sutter's Mill Meteorite
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 07:04 AM PST
A meteorite that exploded over California's Sierra foothills this past spring was among the fastest, rarest meteorites known to have hit the Earth. After collecting and studying fallen pieces of themeteorite, an international team of scientists is ready to announce their research, reporting on everything from the meteorite's age, to it's travelled course and original size. The researchers found ...

California meteorite reveals secrets thanks to crowdsourcing (+video)
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 05:55 AM PST
Recently published research describes a collection of meteorite pieces that landed in California in April. The study came about through a group effort dubbed "crowdsourcing" by the lead scientist. 

Meteorite Study Shows Asteroids Surfaces More Complex Than Thought
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 04:19 AM PST
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A meteorite study has led scientists to believe that asteroid surfaces may be more complex than previously thought. Scientists from around the world have come together to work on a meteor analysis of the Sutter's Mill meteorite that fell down to Earth in April 2012. The scientists reported in the journal Science that this particular meteor is ...

Scientists excited by meteorite fragment found in California
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 04:18 AM PST
The meteorite fragments that crashed down in El Dorado County in April contain some of the best-preserved elements from the dawn of the solar system ever recovered, according to...

California Sutter’s Mill meteorite entered Earth’s atmosphere at 64,000 mph
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 03:17 AM PST
Back in April of this year, a meteorite entered the atmosphere of Earth creating a bright fireball in the daytime sky on April 22 over Northern California. For scientist Peter Jenniskens, the meteoriteimpacted right near his base of operations meaning he only had to drive a few hours to search for fragments from the Read The Full Story

Meteorite that fell over Northern California on April 22 was 'one of fastest and rarest ever'
Fri, 21 Dec, 2012 03:04 AM PST
A meteorite that exploded as a fireball over California's Sierra foothills this past spring was among the fastest, rarest meteorites known to have hit the Earth, it has been revealed.

NASA Video Captures 2012 Geminid Meteor ...
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Flaring brighter than the full moon, this spectacular Geminid meteor lit up the sky above ...
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Meteor Sutter's Mill Sets Record for Entry Speed into Earth in California ...
Latinos Post
As Space.com reports, the meteor's entry speed was timed at 7.8 miles, or 8.6 kilometers, a second, which is faster than any meteorite fall ever recorded. The meteor also hit a peak brightness about 35 miles above the ground, breaking apart at an ...

Meteor streaks across Houston skyline - Video on NBCNews.com
Video on NBCNews.com: The mysterious light that flashed across the sky lit up the horizon and sparked debate on social media. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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The Meteor That Fell to Earth
In April 2012, a meteor was witnessed over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Jenniskens et al. (p. 1583) used a combination of photographic and video ...
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Mysterious California fireball resulted in one of the 'rarest' meteorites in ...
The Space Reporter
Just eight months after a fireball was spotted lighting up California and Nevada skies, a team of researchers say the cause was one of the rarest bits of cosmic material ever discovered. Researchers responsible for recovering the small pieces of the ...

Scientists Say Mysterious California Fireball Resulted in One of the Rarest ...
Cleveland Leader
Eight months after a fireball was spotted lighting up the skies of California and Nevada, a team of researchers say that the cause was one of the rarest bits of cosmic material ever discovered on Earth. According to the researchers responsible for ...

The Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 - over 400 ...
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Here is my video clip of over 400 Geminid Meteors burning up over my backyard observatory in ...
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California Meteor Broke Speed Record for Atmospheric Entry
Scientific American (blog)
Meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens must move quickly to trap evidence of a fresh meteorite fall. In 2008, a small asteroid roughly three meters across struck Earth's atmosphere over northern Sudan, producing a brilliant fireball in the sky. The ...

Quadrantids create year's first meteor shower
Phys.Org
Unlike the more famous Perseid and Geminid meteor showers, the Quadrantids only last a few hours, so it's the morning of Jan. 3 or nothing. Given the location of the radiant—northern tip of Bootes the Herdsman—only observers at latitudes north of 51 ...

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Researchers Dig in Mystery behind California Fireball Explosion
French Tribune
It has been said that the meteor is more of a concrete piece of jumbled rocky material, a breccias, which weighs barely 2 pounds, just before it was blasted into pieces from the April 22 fireball. The incident was apparently captured by weather radars ...

Meteorite has fallen on the territory of Turkish city ...
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According to Turkish media, the fall of the meteorite last night caused panic among the city's
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Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Images taken at Garappata State Park, Big Sur, California on the night of December 13-14, 2012.
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UC Davis Researchers Uncover Story of Coloma ...
Researches have made new discoveries since the Sutter's Mill meteoriteexploded as a ...
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Meteor offers insight into solar system
San Francisco Chronicle
An exploding meteor that blasted its fragments across California's Gold Country in April has revealed rare evidence of its origin in a single family of asteroids hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, astronomers report. Seventy-seven bits of space ...

Quadrantids Create Year's First Meteor Shower
NASA
View large image A little-known meteor shower named after an extinct constellation, the Quadrantids will present an excellent chance for hardy souls to start the year off with some late-night meteor watching. Peaking in the wee morning hours of Jan.

California Meteor Broke Speed Record for Atmospheric Entry
Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 02:18 PM PST
[caption id="attachment_10396" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jenniskens recovering a fragment of the Sutter's Mill meteorite"] [/caption]Meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens must move quickly to trap evidence of a fresh meteorite fall. In 2008, a small asteroid roughly three meters across struck Earth's atmosphere over northern Sudan, producing a brilliant fireball in the sky. The ...

In Calif. Gold Country, A Rush That's Out Of This World
Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 01:52 PM PST
When a meteorite crashed down in April on the exact spot where gold was discovered in 1848, professional and amateur meteorite hunters alike fanned out to collect small chunks. Now more than 50 scientists have published an analysis of the rare space rock.

Meteorite from fireball reveals its secrets
Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 01:06 PM PST
Barely eight months after a fireball lit up California and Nevada skies, the first scientific paper is out examining the meteorites it left behind.

New Meteorite Suggests that Asteroid Surfaces More Complex Than Previously Thought
Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 12:27 PM PST
New Meteorite Suggests that Asteroid Surfaces More Complex Than Previously Thought

Western University astronomers part of massive NASA meteorite discovery at Sutter's Mill
Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 12:27 PM PST
Western University astronomers part of massive NASA meteorite discovery at Sutter's Mill

NASA Researchers Strike Scientific Gold with Meteorite
Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 12:27 PM PST
Scientists found treasure when they studied a meteorite that was recovered April 22, 2012 at Sutter's Mill, the gold discovery site that led to the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Researchers: Meteorite that hit earth in El Dorado County one of fastest, rarest ever
npc-news.sacbee.com Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 12:21 PM PST
A meteorite that exploded over El Dorado County last spring was one of the fastest, rarestmeteorites to hit earth.

Meteorite triggered scientific 'Gold Rush'
Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 12:15 PM PST
A meteorite that exploded as a fireball over California's Sierra foothills this past spring was among the fastest, rarest meteorites known to have hit the Earth, and it traveled a highly eccentric orbital route to get here.

Field Museum studies rare meteorite possibly from the outer asteroid belt
Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 11:30 AM PST
( Field Museum ) A research team discovered that the Sutter's Mill meteorite is a so-called carbonaceous chondrite which is much more diverse in its composition than other meteorites of this type.

California meteorite a scientific gold mine
Thu, 20 Dec, 2012 11:23 AM PST
Sutter’s Mill rock preserves rare, fresh material from outer space

Meteorite from fireball reveals its secrets Technology & science ...
Barely eight months after a fireball lit up California and Nevada skies, the first scientific paper is out examining the meteorites it left behind.
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Viewing the Ursid Meteor Shower in 2012 | American Meteor Society
The week before Christmas is not one usually devoted to meteor observing. That is unfortunate as an obscure shower known as the Ursids reaches maximum ...
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2012 Ursid meteor shower active around winter solstice
EarthSky (blog)
The annual Ursid meteor shower always peaks near the time of the December winter solstice, so, in 2012, look for some possible activity over the next few nights. This shower favors the more northerly latitudes in the northern hemisphere, but even at ...

Celestial Secret: New anti-ageing cream contains meteorite stardust to keep you young
Tue, 18 Dec, 2012 04:38 AM PST
A new anti-ageing range is to launch with powdered meteorite picked up in the Sahara desert as its main ingredient.

Single Microbe May Have Triggered the "Great Dying"
Tue, 18 Dec, 2012 12:47 AM PST
An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from Medical Daily about a new theory for what triggered the "Great Dying: " "Researchers believe that they may finally know why the event occurred, but the theory is not without controversy. There are several theories, including the possibility of a meteoritehitting the planet. Previously, most researchers believed that the Permian mass extinction was ...

Grains Gang Up to Bear Brunt of Missile and Meteorite Impacts
Mon, 17 Dec, 2012 06:08 PM PST
The way a meteorite or missile transfers the energy of its impact to sand and dirt grains is far more complex than scientists thought.

Pictures: "Beautiful" Geminid Meteor Showers Grace Skies
National Geographic
The annual Geminid meteor shower, which peaked last weekend, usually produces dozens of shooting stars per hour—making it one of the strongest and most reliable celestial shows around. (Related: "Sky-watchers Get Set for Cosmic Fireworks Show.") ...

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"2012" END? NOT! NASA Video

Tokyo, Japan is Still Here on 21DEC2012! @ 07:30 JST

ScienceCasts: Why the World Didn't End Yesterday -video NASA
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Dec. 21, 2012: Fearful 'end of world' callers flood NASA

  Los Angles Times, 19DEC2012

If there's one government agency really looking forward to Dec. 22, it's NASA.

The space agency said it has been flooded with calls and emails from people asking about the purported end of the world — which, as the doomsday myth goes, is apparently set to take place on Dec. 21, 2012. ... (more)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/12/dec-21-2012-fearful-end-of-world-callers-flood-nasa-phonelines-.html

NOW if you wish watch the MOVIE "2012"

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Omani Experts study meteorites

Omani Experts from Sultan Qaboos University study meteorites
Oman Daily ObserverMon, 17 December 2012
By A Staff Reporter — MUSCAT — A team of researchers from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) are embarking on a study aimed at characterising and classifying a collection of Omani meteorites through detailed geochemical, mineralogical and petrological analysis. Professor Sobhi Nasir ... (more)

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MBIQ Detected Punjab, India Meteor 17DEC2012

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot detected meteor(s) event in Punjab, India on 17DEC2012.  The event has not been confirmed by two reports.  Thank you for your reports!  Any other reports?  Please file a sighting report.


17DEC2012 kamalpreet singh jalandhar, punjab, india 19.36 5sec left to right bright yellow same as moon not exactly huge ball from sky

17DEC2012 RAHUL SHARMA JALANDHAR, PUNJAB, INDIA 18.50(+5.30) 5sec N-E heading east downward diagonally firstly bright green/blueish then changed into orange around midway,no sound so much like on day of full moon didn't notice   it was like huge burning ball. i have seen many meteors in my life, but this one was huge.it lights the sky like a firework



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Geminid Meteor Shower 12-11-2012, 86 Bright ...
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The Geminid Meteor Shower has arrived, here are 86 bright Geminid Meteors burning up on ...
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EARTH: Antarctic meteorite hunters
Mon, 17 Dec, 2012 10:32 AM PST
( American Geological Institute ) For more than 35 years, scientists from the Antarctic Search forMeteorites program have been scouring glacial landscapes in search of meteorites. Since 1976, teams of physicists, meteorite specialists, and mountaineers have recovered thousands of untouched specimens from meteoroids, the moon and even Mars. Despite subzero temperatures and razor-sharp winds ...

Asteroid? Meteor? What is this? taken 12/13/12 at 4:40 By TF Green Airport
YouTube
I have no idea what this was but I wastched it go across the sky and snagged a shot of it with my canon 7d. Sorry it was shaky a little I literally walked outside and then ran back in to grab my camera. Anyone know what the heck this is? There were ... This was a sunlit aircraft contrail, not a meteor.

What was that fireball streaking across the Warwick sky?
The Providence Journal
There's a lively discussion on the Web about this video of a burning object streaking across the Warwick sky. A providencejournal.com reader says a co-worker shot the video just before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 13. One commenter on YouTube declared it a ... This was a sunlit aircraft contrail, not a meteor.

Brand New Meteor Shower May Coincide with Geminids 2012
Patch.com
There are plenty of meteor showers in the late fall – we've seen the Orionids in October, and the Taurids and Leonids in November. If you got outside at the right time, and the weather was nice, maybe you saw a few “shooting stars.” Tonight, however ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Spotted In Israel, Poland
W*USA 9
(WUSA) -- If you were able to stay up late Thursday night and look into the sky, then you may have seen some streaks of light. What you saw were from the Geminid meteor shower, which happens every December. The shower got its name because it appears ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: Stunning Pictures of Shooting Stars around the ...
IBTimes.co.uk
Astronomers and sky watchers, amateur and professional, from all around the world, were treated to a magical meteor shower on the evening of 13 December, as the annual Geminid meteor shower peaked with a bounty of brilliant shooting stars. "The sky ...

NASA VIDEO: Geminid meteor shower lights up sky ...
Streaks of light shot through the sky early Friday, part of the Geminid meteorshower that ...
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Bright objects streak through sky as Geminid meteor shower peaks
Los Angeles Times
Stargazers who braved the chilly weather Thursday night were treated to a spectacle as the annual Geminid meteor shower reached its peak. The bright streaks across the sky were remnants of the asteroid Phaeton that burned up as they hit Earth's ...

Mysterious Texas-Louisiana fireball cover-up, Oct. 15, 2012 - San ...
Why the need to cover-up a fireball story? Well, let's see. On Oct. 15, 2012, witnesses reported a fireballthat streaked across Texas skies and possibly slamme.
www.examiner.com/.../mysterious-texas-louisiana-fireball-cov...

Eyewitnesses report possible fireball impact and loud explosion in ...
Translated from Swedish by a SOTT.net reader What is it that struck in Värmland County? SOS, police and the air rescue center has received calls from ...
www.sott.net/.../254682-Eyewitnesses-report-possible-fireball-...

'Microbe led to mass extinction 251m years ago'
Sun, 16 Dec, 2012 03:59 PM PST
A humble microbe, instead of a devastating meteorite or a catastrophic volcanic eruption, wiped off over 90% of the species on Earth 251-million-years ago, scientists believe.

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17DEC2012
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The stars will come out, and so will a stellar celestial show, as the Geminid meteor shower paints the night sky. Star-watchers may have been glued to their TV sets and web-viewing screens to catch sight glimpses of favorite celebrities at the ...
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MBIQ Detect Sri Lanka Meteor 17DEC2012

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) bot has just detected a likely meteor event in Sri Lanka on 17DEC2012. We need your report to confirm this event.

 If you witnessed this event please file a meteor sighting report with this site; thank you.


Unidentified minerals fall to Dimbulagala (Sri Lanka)

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Perhaps? some meteorites have been found at Dimbulagala., Sri Lanka.

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NASA Video Captures 2012 Geminid Meteor Shower Fireball
Brevard Times
Flaring brighter than the full moon, this spectacular Geminid meteor lit up the sky above Cartersville, Ga., at 2:29 a.m. EST on the morning of December 14, 2012. NASA says that this is one of the brightest fireballs observed by the NASA network of ...

Geminid meteor shower lights mid-December night sky with starry show
Examiner.com
The stars will come out, and so will a stellar celestial show, as the Geminid meteor shower paints the night sky. Star-watchers may have been glued to their TV sets and web-viewing screens to catch sight glimpses of favorite celebrities at the 12-12-12 ...

FELL THE BLACK SEA REGION meteorite - ORDU ...
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FELL THE BLACK SEA REGION meteorite - ORDU KARADENİZ BÖLGESİNE GÖKTAŞI ...
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Geminid meteor shower lights up night sky
Those looking to make a wish on a shooting star should have plenty of opportunities when they ...
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Rolling Stone- Asteroid Toutatis Has Tumbled On By

Rolling Stone-
Asteroid Toutatis Has Tumbled On By

Images of  asteroid Toutatis take by the Chinese Chang`e Probe
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Goldstone's Solar System Radar/ NASA/JPL/CalTech
Chines Prode Chang-E 2 Captures Clear Close-up Photos
New milestone for China: Probe snaps close-ups of asteroid Toutatis

China's official news agency is reporting that the country's Chang'e 2 deep-space probe made an amazing flyby of the asteroid Toutatis this week, snapping a series of pictures as it passed by at a distance of just 2 miles.  ... (more)

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16DEC2012

meteorite fell into the sea 12.12.2012 - YouTube
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meteorite fell to turkey ordu. meteorite fell into the sea.
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Geminid Meteor Shower Could Have Surprise ...
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Grab a blanket, a mug of coffee, and a comfy lawn chair, and enjoy the show. The Geminid ...
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Meteor Activity Outlook for December 15-21, 2012 | American ...

This weekend the waxing crescent moon will set during the early evening hours and will not cause any problems to meteor observers. As the week progresses ...
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Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 PHOTOS: Killer Pictures of Streaking ...

Get the latest weather news from weather.com. The Geminid meteor shower was evident over much of the rest of the East Coast -- resulting in a memorable light ...
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Geminid meteor shower lights up LA skies | abc7.com
abc7.com
The famous Geminid meteor shower reached its peak overnight and put on a spectacular show made for beautiful pictures. Combined with an even rarer event, meteors carried along by the Comet Wirtanen. According to NASA, this is the first time the comet's ...

Meteor shower sends shooting stars across space
ABC7Chicago.com
December 14, 2012 (WLS) -- You may have seen a few streaks of light across the night sky overnight, thanks to the arrival of the Geminid meteor shower. Star-gazers who stayed up late and braved the cold Thursday night enjoyed quite a show. Streaks of ...

Texas Meteorite Over Texas Caught on Nasa ...
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Scientists are guessing it was likely a meteor shower that got people talking in parts of Texas.
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Nicola cleans up with meteor shower
The Sunshine Coast Daily
Sunshine Coast photo grapher Nicola Brander was one stargazer who had her eyes firmly fixed on the sky over Cooloolabin Dam, near the Mapleton Forest Reserve, ready to capture the annual Geminids meteor shower. "It was my first star trail and I sat ...

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Photographer Takes Picture Of Blazing Meteor While Asleep
The Inquisitr
According to NBC News, Arkansas photographer Brian Emfinger captured the bestmeteor he's ever photographed while sleeping. Emfinger said that this was, “definitely the brightest meteor I've ever imaged. If I was awake, it would have been the brightest...

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Shooting stars observed as Geminid meteor shower peaks
Asahi Shimbun
NICHINAN, Miyazaki Prefecture--A glorious display of shooting stars lit up the winter sky in the early-morning hours of Dec. 14. The Geminids, one of the three major annual meteor showers, reached its peak from the night of Dec. 13 through early ...

NASA: A New Meteor Shower in December? | WTVR ...
NASA forecasters say a stream of meteoroids from Comet Wirtanen could cut across Earth's ...
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Star-gazers watch Geminid meteor shower
CW39 NewsFix
Star-gazers could see streaks of light from the annual Geminid meteor shower overnight. NASA says it's the first time the comet's debris has crossed earth's orbit. But forget that, we think the streaks were angels! It's the second time this week there ...

Comet Wirtanen adds to light show from Geminid ...
Star-gazers who stayed up late and braved the cold Thursday night enjoyed quite a show.
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How to watch the Geminids Meteor Shower: Miles O ...
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Reporting for Boing Boing, PBS science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to Mark Armstrong ..
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Meteor Shower Told in Tweets
PBS NewsHour (blog)
Israelis in a hot water spring on the shore of the Dead Sea near the Israeli Kibbutz of Ein Gedi watch the sky for Geminid meteor streaks above the Judean desert on December 14, 2012. Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images. Prepare to look skyward.

Top Five Photos of the Geminid Meteor Shower
AccuWeather.com
The East feasted on the Geminid meteor shower Thursday night, AccuWeather Meteorologist Bret Anderson said, thanks to a big dome of high pressure sitting across the region. Stargazers will have a second chance to see the meteor shower on Friday night.

Our Favorite Shots From The Greatest Meteor Shower Of The Year
Business Insider
The Geminid meteor shower lit up the sky Thursday night with hundreds of streaming fireballs. Cloudy skies and street lights notwithstanding, the most intense meteor of the shower of year could be seen from almost every point on Earth. In some parts of ...

Geminid meteor shower streaks the early morning sky
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The Geminid meteor shower sprinkles the night sky with shooting stars every December and last night spectators from around the globe enjoyed the peak of this cosmic light show. The name Geminid stems from its close proximity to the Gemini constellation ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 [PHOTOS]
International Business Times
Thursday night's Geminid meteor shower dazzled astronomers and casual sky watchers alike through the early Friday morning hours with an abundance of shooting stars. "Meteors from the new shower (if any) will be visible in the early evening, with the...

Photo: The Geminid Meteor Shower Over San Francisco
SFist
Photographer Tony Eckersley shot this amazing composite photo of seven meteors over San Francisco during a one-hour period of the Geminid meteor shower Thursday night. "I saw around 30 total," Tony explains, "shame I only caught seven in the camera.

Photo of The Day: Geminid Meteor Shower Over Venice
LAist
Last night the Geminid Meteor Shower put on a show bright enough even for city slickers to enjoy. One of the fabulous photographers who contributes to our Flickr photo pool caught a great image of ameteor streaking over Venice Beach and across the ...

Amazing Geminid meteor shower puts on a space show
BBC News
There was an amazing show going on in space for people lucky enough to see the annual Geminid meteor shower. Although there was a lot of cloud around the UK last night, a few lucky people saw loads of shooting stars streaking across the sky.

Geminid Meteor Shower Dazzles Night Sky Watchers
KTLA
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Stargazers who stayed up late and braved the chilly weather enjoyed quite a show on Thursday night. Dozens of bright objects streaked across the sky each hour between dusk and dawn as the annual Geminid meteor shower ...

Geminid meteor shower video: NASA releases Geminid meteor shower video ...
WPTV
Star-gazers could expect to see 80 to 120 stars per hour, according to NASA. The Geminid meteor shower gets its name from the constellation Gemini. Did you see any shooting stars? Let us know in the comment box below or join the discussion on Facebook ..

NASA Meteor Shower - What A Show!
WFMY News 2
These streaks of light are from the annual Geminid meteor shower -- and an even more rare event, meteors carried along by the comet Wirtanen. This is the first time the comet's debris field crossed the earth's orbit, and NASA says it may have produced ...

Pictures from last night's Geminid meteor shower…
Fayetteville Observer (blog)
Last night's Geminid meteor shower didn't disappoint. I watched off and on from 7 PM until 12:30 AM and saw many more meteors than I photographed. I was plagued by a familiar problem…meteors appeared in parts of the sky where my camera wasn't ...

Geminids Meteorite Shower Visible from Iceland Tonight
Fri, 14 Dec, 2012 09:19 AM PST
Ómar Sigurðsson witnessed a meteorite shower in the winter sky while on his way from Reykjavík to Eyrarbakki in South Iceland yesterday evening. The event is forecast to peak tonight and tomorrow.

Geminid meteor shower captured in photo
Fri, 14 Dec, 2012 08:24 AM PST
Photographed with a fisheye lens, photo editor Michael Heinz captured a meteorite in the sky late last night near Lafayette.

Geminid meteor shower amazes night-sky watchers
Washington Post
Israelis enjoy a hot water spring on the shore of the Dead Sea near the Israeli Kibbutz of Ein Gedi as they watch the sky looking for Geminid meteor streaks above Judean desert. The meteor display, known as the Geminid meteor shower because it appears ...
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Geminid meteor shower brings shooting stars
Telegraph.co.uk
A meteor streaks across the night sky over the village of Pesevici, near Zenica, 80 km (49 miles) from the capital Sarajevo (Reuters). Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society told the Telegraph yesterday: "This is a show that is well placed in ...

Geminid meteor shower may still be visible over UK
BBC News
Thursday night saw the annual Geminid meteor shower, which peaked in the early hours of Friday morning. Stargazers around the world have been looking skywards to see the light show, but the cloudy British weather spoiled the view for many here.

Brilliant Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Yahoo! News (blog)
A new and as-yet unnamed meteor shower may also make an appearance tonight, ramping up the celestial display even further. "Meteors from the new shower (if any) will be visible in the early evening, with the Geminids making their appearance later on ...

NASA providing live video of Geminid meteor shower
KHOU
From 10 p.m. CST Thursday to 2 a.m. Friday, you can look up in the sky to see the meteor shower. If you're not having any luck from your back yard, NASA Television will air live video from its camera at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville ...

NASA VIDEO: Geminid meteor shower lights up sky with shooting stars
NewsNet5.com
Once a year in December, earth travels through a debris cloud. As the specks of dust and rock hit the atmosphere, they create bright streaks across the sky called shooting stars. Star-gazers could expect to see 80 to 120 stars per hour, according to NASA.

Geminid meteor shower live video, schedule: Missed Thursday's stellar show ...
WPTV
... shower live video, schedule: Missed Thursday's stellar show? It's not finished yet. meteor_shower_20121018065246_JPG. The Geminid meteor shower lit up the skies Thursday night, but if you missed it, you may have another shot to catch a glimpse.

Starry, Starry Night: Watch Geminid Meteor Shower's Crazy Celestial Show
Worldcrunch
HUNTSVILLE- Every year around this time in December the real Christmas lights, aka the Geminid meteors, come out to light up the night sky. The BBC explains that the celestial shower occurs as the Earth passes through the path of an asteroid called ...

Stargazers attempt to catch glimpse of Geminid meteor shower | Scotland | News ...
stv.tv
Stargazers across Scotland have been watching the night sky this week in an attempt to catch a glimpse of a meteor shower. The annual Geminid shower peaked on Thursday night into the early hours of Friday, with tens of meteors potentially visible. In ...

A New Meteor Shower in December? - NASA Science
Forecasters say a stream of meteoroids from Comet Wirtanen could cut across Earth's path this week, creating a new meteor shower in mid-December.
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Stunning Geminid Meteor Shower Wows Skywatchers: Photos
Space.com
The annual Geminid meteor shower peaked overnight last night (Dec. 13), dazzling skywatchers around the world with a bounty of brilliant shooting stars. The Geminids' peak was supposed to be good this year, as it occurred in a sky left dark by the new ...

Geminids Rain Down Shooting Stars
Slate Magazine (blog)
Chumack says the meteor causing the brightest streak was as bright as Jupiter, and you can see from the photo that it must have flared at least once as it moved across the sky. A second brightmeteor traveled down Orion's side, and third fainter one ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Universe Today
The Geminid Meteor Shower is underway, with the peak on December 13th and 14th! SpaceWeather.com is reporting that international observers are counting as many as 50 meteors per hour as Earth plunges into a stream of debris from rock comet 3200 ...

Spectacular Geminid meteor shower sweeps across Northern hemisphere
RT
The annual Geminid meteor shower lit up the sky across the Northern hemisphere, as hundreds of fireballs and shooting stars fell overnight into Friday morning. Usually this dazzling phenomenon, which has been seen every year since 1838, lasts for a ...

The last meteor shower of the year hits Bay Area tonight
San Jose Mercury News
The Geminid meteor shower will rain down on the Bay Area late Thursday night through Friday morning, with anywhere from 80 to 120 meteors per hour shooting across the winter sky during peak viewing time, according to NASA. Peak hours are between ...

Tonight! Geminid meteor show, moving at 80 stars per hour - latimes.com
Los Angeles Times
Got plans Thursday night? Cancel them. You have some sky-watching to do. The Geminid meteorshower is expected to peak late Thursday evening into Friday morning, and you don't want to miss it. Scientists say it is going to be the best meteor shower of ...

Aurora sets stage for meteor show - PhotoBlog
NBCNews.com (blog)
Tonight is prime time for the Geminid meteor shower, but there's another kind of spectacle that skywatchers are seeing up north: auroral displays in the Christmas colors of green and red. The green glow you see above was captured on camera last week by ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Brings Shooting Stars
Sky News
Stargazers have been looking up to the heavens for a glimpse of a meteor shower in the night sky. The spectacle was expected to peak at 11.30pm in the UK on Thursday night. Tens of "shooting stars" were to streak across the sky each hour but would only ...

Raining from the heavens: Annual Geminid shower peaks tonight as up to 30 ...
Daily Mail
Staring up into a starry night sky on any clear night is a rewarding experience, but tonight, they will be the most vivid. The Geminid meteor shower, which peaks the nights of December 13 and 14, happen each year as the Earth travels through debris ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: Where to Best View and How to Watch Online
International Business Times AU
Around 60 to 120 meteors will be seen lighting the dark skies during the Geminidmeteor shower peak. The best view would be some place with a wide open sky away from the city lights. "With no moon to ruin the show, 2012 presents a most favorable year ...

C.O. clouds threaten to hide big meteor show | News - Home
KTVZ
Plans to bundle up under a warm blanket with a cup of hot cocoa, far away from city light pollution, to watch a dazzling meteor shower, may be affected by clouds moving into Central Oregon overnight.

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight | Blogs - Home
KPRC Houston (blog)
The Geminids are one of the more reliable meteor showers and that's good news for us. We can expect to see dozens of meteors per hour, and the new Moon will not interfere with the view. It will be chilly tonight, in the 50s, so make sure you are warm...

Geminid Meteor Shower Should Be A Great Show Thursday Night
CBS Local
BOSTON (CBS) – We are in for a special treat Thursday night. The Geminid MeteorShower is set to peak overnight, and is generally regarded as one of the best meteorshowers of the year. Beginning around 10 p.m. and lasting until dawn on Friday, you can ..

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Got plans Thursday night? Cancel them. You have some sky-watching to do.
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Geminid meteor shower amazes night sky watchers - Capital Weather Gang ...
Washington Post (blog)
An onslaught of Geminid meteors dashed through the cloudless skies Thursday night and early Friday morning, putting on a dazzling spectacle. Some witnesses called it the best meteor shower they had ever seen. The clear skies and lack of moonlight (due ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: How To See Shooting Stars Thursday And Friday
Huffington Post
Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, told The Huffington Post that the Geminid meteor shower could be the year's best. More than 100 meteors, or "shooting stars," may be visible each hour, with some lucky viewers seeing a couple ...

Live video tonight of meteor shower
News10.net
Meteor experts will answer questions from the public through a late-night web chat and interacting on social media using the hashtag #Geminid. The forecast over the flight center shows clear skies, which will provide a more lively view of the shower's ...

Geminid Meteor Shower December 2012 Live Stream: Watch Online Dec. 13, 14 ...
Christian Post
The Geminid meteor shower for December 2012 is set to offer a spectacular light show over Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, and is a meteor shower than can be seen in clear skies from around the globe. There are expected to be more than 100 meteors flashing ...

Geminid meteor shower: Your Photos
BBC News
Geminid meteor shower: Your Photos. The view from Yamazoe village in Nara Prefecture The annual Geminids meteor shower has been radiating from a point near the star Castor, in the constellation Gemini. The BBC has received images of the event from ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Will Peak Tonight, Unnamed Shower May Also Appear
Geekosystem
The meteor shower is expected to begin partially after sunset, but the frequency of the meteors will increase by 10 p.m., ultimately peaking at roughly 2 a.m. Those living in the countryside away from the bright lights of the city will be able to see ...

NASA: meteor shower peaks Thursday night - KCTV5
KCTV Kansas City
NASA meteor experts will lead a late night web discussion on the shower, telling people to ask any questions they might have. Photographers hoping to capture a glimpse of the Geminid meteorshower are also encourage to upload photos to the "Geminid ...

Thursday Is Annual Geminid Meteor Shower
CBS Local
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Spectacles aren't always free but the mid-Atlantic is due for one tonight. It's the Geminid Meteor Shower and Alex DeMetrick reports conditions are right this time around for a bigger than usual light show. It won't take a telescope ...

See Geminids Meteor Shower Tonight - Elkridge, MD Patch
Patch.com
But, if the Geminids coincide with a new meteor shower, and the National Weather Service's forecast – clear, moonless, skies – is correct, the meteors' origin probably won't be on the forefront of most people's minds. I know I'll be preoccupied with ...

Geminid meteor shower could be visible here - Lifestyle
Lancaster Newspapers
Meteor showers occur almost every month, but the majority of them are minor, producing 20 meteors per hour or less. The big ones — the Quadrantids (January), Perseids (August) and Geminids — produce 40, 60, and 100 meteors per hour on average ...

Eyes to the Sky: Year's Best Meteor Shower Tonight! - Western Massachusetts ...
abc40
The final meteor shower of the year is taking place tonight. The good news is that we have clear skies throughout Western Mass and a “new moon” tonight, which means perfect conditions to view the show! The Geminid meteor shower occurs as Earth passes ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight
Missourinet.com
“There may be a new meteor shower. There's a chance that there's going to be in the constellation Pisces some extra, so as well as looking at Gemini, also looking at Pisces … it's not clear how good that's going to be but there's been some detection ..

Look to the Skies: Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Wired
Grab something warm and head out to a dark place to experience the wonder of the Geminid meteor shower, which peaks Dec. 13 and 14. The Geminids are an annualmeteor shower occurring when the Earth passes through the debris tail of asteroid 3200 ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: Shooting Stars Thursday Night, and New Moon ...
ABC News
The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight -- usually one of the best of the year, and early indications are that it's already putting on a good show. Earth is passing through the orbit of an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon, and astronomers think we're ...

Meteor showers peaking Thursday, Friday nights
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Readers in rural areas have an opportunity to see hundreds of meteors streaking across the sky Thursday and Friday nights, thanks to the annual Geminid shower as well as a potential second shower. The Geminids, which appear to emanate from the ...

Geminid meteor shower should be spectacular tonight - Weather Wisdom ...
Boston.com
The final meteor shower of the year is going to take place tonight and if you are lucky to have clear skies this should be quite the show. Across much of the northeast and back into the northern Rockies skies will be clear and perfect for viewing ...

Star gazers watch meteor shower
Bangkok Post
Star gazers were out on force early Friday morning to see the Geminids meteorshower from Doi Inthanon National Park in Chiang Mai, where more than 100 "falling stars" were sighted every hour. Photo handout by the National Astronomical Reserch...

Geminid meteor shower to offer a clear but cold light display to much of the US
The Guardian (blog)
If you're into astronomy, then mother nature has a treat for you on Thursday night. The Geminid meteors will be on full display from 10pm ET onward, with a peak around 2am. The Geminid shower has been seen every year since 1838. It's unique in that the ...

Meteor Shower To Peak With Dozens Of Stars
Sky News
Sky watchers will be looking up in the coming hours as a meteor shower reaches its peak, sprinkling the night sky with falling stars. The shower is expected to peak at 11.30pm in the UK on Thursday night, in what could be one of the best sky events of ...

Meteor shower to light up weekend skies
TVNZ
Occurring each year in mid- December, the Geminid meteor shower will be visible over the next five days, peaking tomorrow and on Sunday mornings from 2am until sunrise. Carter Observatory programmes officer John Field said meteor showers were a trail ...

Geminids Meteor shower: How to watch the big fireworks in the sky tonight
Boing Boing
All you have to do is hope for clear skies, pour a warm beverage in a thermos, put on some layers and head outside tonight to take it all in. I am talking about the GeminidsMeteor shower which emanates from the Gemini constellation. Finding it should ...

Meteor Shower Tonight Could Have Surprise Visitor
Slate Magazine (blog)
The Geminid meteor shower peaks Thursday night, and the annual celestial light show may have a special guest star enlivening its act this year. Appearing to emanate from the constellation Gemini, the Geminid meteors are actually remnants of the ...

Meteor shower to light up night sky on Thursday
WTOP
The Geminid Meteor Shower is a reliable performer that comes along at this time each year, and with the moon out of the night sky on Thursday, the show promises to be quite a sight. The shower's peak will be on Thursday night and Friday morning, with a ...

Brilliant Geminid Meteor Shower To Light Up The Sky
CBS Local
BLOOMFIELD HILLS (WWJ) – Those who stay up a little late are in for quite a show, as the two nights will display the Geminid Meteor Shower. WWJ Newsradio 950′s Sandra McNeil spoke with Ray Bullock, an educator at the Cranbrook Institute of Science ...

How To Watch Tonight's Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower
Gizmodo
Late tonight you can catch some of the best sky watching of the year with the annual GeminidsMeteor shower. Hayden Planetarium's Joe Rao says it's always one of the best sky shows, but this year's shower is probably going to be especially good because ...

Meteor shower - or two - expected tonight
Lansing State Journal
Geminid meteor shower to light up night sky: Thursday night will see a real celestial show as the Geminid meteor shower, one of the two biggest of the year, sprinkles the night sky with falling stars.

Ann Arbor could see a Geminid meteor shower Thursday night
AnnArbor.com
A false-color image of a 2011 Geminid meteor was captured by a camera at New Mexico State University, operated by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, Ala. Courtesy NASA. The Geminid shower is expected to be visible between 11 p.m. ...

Watch this: the beautiful Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight
The Verge
Beginning around 11PM EST tonight, the yearly Geminid meteor shower is set to pass through the skies, putting on a beautiful light show for those willing to brave the cold to watch. This year is expected to be a particularly impressive show because of ...

Geminid Meteor Watch Party In Full Swing | FOX17online.com
Fox17
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Watch parties are held for American Idol and The Emmy's, but even the show that the Geminid Meteors were expected to put on Thursday night drew sky gazers to the a Kalamazoo Nature Center. It was an invite only event for members...

Meteor shower visible late Thursday
WAVY-TV
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAVY) - The clouds are expected to clear, making for much better conditions to see a meteor shower. The 2012 Geminid meteor activity will likely peak between 11 p.m. Thursday until 3 a.m. Friday EST. NASA will provide a live video ...

Meteor shower to light up the Alabama sky tonight
al.com (blog)
Meteor Shower A faint meteor streaks across the sky seen from Springville, Ala., at 1:15 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. (Mark Almond/malmond@al.com). Streaking meteors should light up the sky tonight during one of the largest meteor showers in years.

NASA To Provide Live Video Of Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight
WHNT
The 2012 Geminid meteor shower is forecast to be particularly lively, and tonight, Thursday, December 13 is its anticipated peak. From 10 p.m. CST Thursday to 2 a.m. Friday (Dec. 13-14), NASA Television will air live video from a skyward-aimed ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Start Time and Schedule
BostInno (blog)
Stargazers around the country are in for a spectacle tonight, with the annual Geminid meteor shower is poised to put on arguably the most dazzling show of the year. When the moon peaks at its new phase, clearing the skys of its glare, the Geminids ...

Geminid meteor shower to light up the skies Thursday, Friday nights
Centre Daily Times
Visible to the naked eye will be a meteor shower as Earth passes through debris from 3200 Phaeton, a rock comet, and there are chances another meteor shower — a new one — also will occur. The Geminid meteor shower could produce as many as 120 ...

Geminid meteor shower set to reach peak
Telegraph.co.uk
Geminid meteor shower set to reach peak. The Geminid meteor shower will reach its peak this evening with up to 80 "shooting stars" visible per hour – but skies in the south may be too foggy to see it. The meteor display, known as the Geminid meteor ...

Watch Geminid Meteor Shower tonight!
WXYZ
CLEVELAND (WEWS) - The forecast for Thursday night calls for mainly clear skies. That should be perfect for viewing one of the best meteor showers of the year. The Geminid Meteor Shower will peak overnight Thursday into early Friday morning across the ...

Geminid Meteor Shower and ISS Sightings - WETM 18 Online
WETM-TV
Quite a bit of activity will be going on across our evening and overnight skies Thursday through the pre-dawn hours of Friday morning. Neighbors will be able to see for a brief time the International Space Station (ISS) pass overhead, and the Geminid ...

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Watch the video Chance to see meteor showers tonight on Yahoo! News . There is a chance to
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Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 - YouTube
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Jeff Goldblatt hosts Space Time! This week discusses the last meteorshower of the year, the
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Tens Of Shooting Stars As Meteor Shower Peaks
The annual meteor shower will sprinkle the night sky with shooting stars, but in the UK bad weather could obstruct the view.
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Year's Best Meteor Shower Peaks This Week - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Stargazers are about to get their annual celestial treat: A bright meteor shower, the Geminids, will grace skies worldwide this week, with a ...
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2012 Geminid Meteor Shower (Video) - StormWatch 7 | WJLA.com
The 2012 Geminid Meteor Shower could see rates of over 100 meteors per hour. Find out ...
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Geminid meteor shower reigns tonight, thanks to a cosmic rocky road - Capital ...
Washington Post (blog)
While the Perseid meteors in August snare more media attention, Thursday's Geminid meteors almost always outperform them, says Geoff Chester, of the U.S. Naval Observatory. Unlike othermeteor showers, where the parent is a frozen comet, this one ...

Early Reports Suggest Spectacular Geminids Meteor Show Tonight
Space.com
Across much of the United States and southern Canada, the weather prospects appear favorable for getting a view of the peak performance of tonight's Geminid meteor shower. While mid-December is notorious for producing widespread cloud cover and ...

Brilliant Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Space.com
Skywatchers around the world are in for a treat tonight, as the annual Geminid meteor shower is poised to put on a spectacular show. The Geminids will peak overnight tonight (Dec. 13) with the moon at its new phase. The skies will thus be free of the ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight, and conditions may give Michigan a rare ...
MLive.com
The Geminid meteor shower happens in December as debris from an extinct comet 3200 Phaethon comes in contact with the earth's atmosphere. We often miss it here in Michigan due to a layer of overnight lake effect clouds. In December the cold air blowing ...

The Best Meteor Shower Of The Year Peaks Tonight — Here's How To Watch
Business Insider
The Geminid meteor shower can produce up to 120 meteors per hour, which "can be seen from almost any point on Earth," according to NASA astronomer Bill Cooke. That means all skygazers have to do is step outside late at night and choose a dark spot in...

Geminid meteor shower set to peak Thursday evening
BBC News
The annual Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak late on Thursday night and into early Friday morning. The meteors will appear to radiate from a point near the star Castor, in the constellation Gemini. In the Northern hemisphere, that will be ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight
Houston Chronicle (blog)
It looks like it's going to be a good — albeit cool — night for one of the best meteor showers of the year. The Geminid shower, under dark skies, can produce over 120 meteors per hour, and it's characterized by bright ones. I've seen several ...

New Meteor Shower May Debut Alongside Geminids
Space.com
Skywatchers are already gearing up for a spectacular show from the annual Geminids meteorshower this week, and now astronomers say a new meteor shower's debut could make for even more shooting stars. NASA officials say a never-before-seen show ...

Another way to enjoy meteor showers: HAM radio
Boing Boing
In the comments on my post yesterday, reader Clayton Yarbrough mentioned that meteors have an effect on radio signals, and I wanted to follow up on that, because it's a pretty cool phenomenon. Basically, meteors can allow you to send radio signals ...

Meteor Shower Madness: Geminids and Comet Wirtanen May Team Up
Ecorazzi
Comet Wirtanen, which circles the sun every 5.4 years, has passed by Earth many times – but this year in particular could mark our first encounter with its debris stream. “Dust from this 

How and When to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight
Ecorazzi
If you're in the mood for a meteor shower, then you're in luck. Tonight, the famous Geminid meteorshower will appear and it is said to be a great event. Geminid is considered the final meteor shower of every year and will occur between Thursday, Dec ...

Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: When and Where to Watch This Week
Patch.com
new_asset_attachment_attributes. The final major meteor shower of the year, the Geminid meteorshower 2012, will peak tonight, Thursday, into Friday morning and if you are willing to stay up late you should be able to see a great show. NASA reports ...

Geminid meteor shower coming
The Advocate
Skywatchers will likely see dozens of meteors each hour after dark Thursday and early Friday during the Geminid meteor shower, according to an American Astronomical Society news release. Themeteor shower will be at its best after dark Thursday and ...

Two meteor showers expected Thursday night
Fox 28
"If this meteor shower holds up to predictions, we might see 3 or 4 or 5 meteors per minute and that would be pretty spectacular," says Art Klinger, director of PHM Planetarium. Klinger says if it's a clear night, the best time to view both is around ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight
Indiana's NewsCenter
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) - If you find yourself out late tonight, keep an eye to the sky. The Gemindid meteor shower will peak tonight, but may also be seen Friday night. The best time to see it would be shortly after midnight. There is no ...

5 Tips From NASA for Catching Tonight's Geminid Meteor Shower
The Atlantic Cities
When the latest and greatest meteor shower of 2012 – the eye-jacking Geminids – arrives tonight, people in rural areas will see the heavens light up like two vicious alien races locked in a laser battle to the death. Meanwhile, most folks living in ...

Tonight: 2 Meteor Showers? - Geminid is one of year's biggest
Newser
(Newser) – Tonight's Geminid meteor shower—one of the year's two biggest—could bring 100 shooting stars per hour, and that's just the beginning. Tonight's sky may actually host two meteorshowers, the second spawned by the comet Wirtanen, USA Today ...

Year's Strongest Meteor Shower Thursday Night
1011now
With up to 40 meteors per hour, the Germinid meteor shower on Thursday, December 13 is expected to be the year's strongest and most productive. To take advantage of this special event, Dan Glomski, Coordinator for Hastings College's Sachtleben ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: Where to Watch Showers Live and Online in ...
IBTimes.co.uk
The Geminid meteor shower, the last major such event of 2012, could well become one of the most brilliant of the year. The showers are expected to peak between 13 December and 14 December. The meteor stream is named for the pieces of debris, NASA ...

Watch The Geminids Tonight And You Could See New 'Piscid' Meteor Shower
International Business Times
NASA scientists expect that 2012 could be the first year where Earth makes contact with debris left in the wake of the comet Wirtanen, which could result in a second, slower meteor shower best visible on Thursday night. Wirtanen was discovered in 1948...

Best meteor shower of the year is tonight
Jamestown Press
I've always been fascinated by the heavens above. So when astronomers say that the best meteorshower of the year will occur on a night when locally we have clear skies and a dark new moon, it gets my attention. The Geminid meteor shower is expected to ...

Fireball Falls into the Black Sea Near Turkey - Light & Boom Caught on Camera ...
YouTube
Last night a meteorite fell into the sea near the Black Sea region city Ordu, Turkey. The impact was recorded on security cameras. Read more at: http://investmentwatchblog.com/meteorite-fell-into-the-sea-with-a-loud-boom-2.

Geminid Meteor Show to Light up Tonight's Sky — Plus Possible Bonus Meteor ...
TIME
Tonight, the annual Geminid meteor shower will put the world's Christmas lights to shame. One of the year's biggest meteor showers, it's expected to shine extra bright tonight, because the moon's current phase will keep the sky free of glare. Now all ...

Mostly clear skies tonight mean prime viewing of Geminid meteor shower
Kansas City Star
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill is forecasting mostly clear skies tonight, which will allow Kansas City area residents to view the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. The meteorshower can bring up to 100 meteors per hour with the peak ...

Geminid meteor shower is visible Thursday night - NewsChannel 9 WSYR
NewsChannel 9 WSYR (blog)
(WSYR-TV, Syracuse) - Thursday night will be the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. Typically, this meteor shower is one of the best events of the year, with peak meteor rates approaching roughly 120 per hour. These meteors tend to be slow moving and ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 Live Stream: Watch Online Dec. 13, 14 (Best Time ...
Christian Post
Following the popular Perseids meteor shower earlier this year in August, the Geminids meteor shower could be even better. The Geminids meteor shower was first recorded as seen in the 1830s, making it one of the more relatively new showers. At that ...

Geminids meteor shower expected to be visible for UAE stargazers
The National
DUBAI// A dazzling meteor shower is expected to be visible later this evening although weather forecasters say cloudy weather may impede viewing. The Geminids meteor shower is the last and usually the most spectacular of the year with up to 120 meteors ...

Clouds Go Away, Sunshine Soon! Geminid Meteor Shower
WAVY-TV (blog)
The rain from last night lingered into the morning hours today. We picked up about a quarter to a half an inch between the southside and northeast North Carolina. My weather watcher Greg in Currituck, NC. had a half inch. Scott in Yorktown had a few ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks this week - Beckley, Bluefield & Lewisburg News ...
WVNS-TV
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D-W.Va.) announced the communities in West Virginia that would be receiving Small Cities Block Grants. A pair of those came to cities in Summers and Wyoming Counties. The Summers. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D-W.Va.) announced ...

Rice: Geminid meteor shower is 'particularly' good ...
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NASA Solar Systems Ambassador Tony Rice talks with WRAL News about the Geminid meteor
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