'Fireball' meteors possible over US tonight as South Taurid meteor shower peaks
The South Taurid and North Taurid meteor showers peak in early November. Here's everything you need to know about this ...
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NASA's 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth's atmosphere
NASA's venerable asteroid-hunting spacecraft is no more. The NEOWISE spacecraft from NASA, which surveyed 3,000 near-Earth ...
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November’s Night Sky Notes: Snowballs from Space
Find out how comets are connected to some of our favorite annual astronomy events with November's Night Sky Notes!
Astronomers predict the orbits of potentially hazardous comets from meteor showers
Comets have long been seen as omens and portents, and it's easy to understand why. They first appear as faint smudges of light in the sky, sometimes fading soon after and sometimes becoming brighter ...
Headless Halloween comet yeeted right into the sun. See the fireball
Like Icarus, Comet C2024 S1 flew too close to the sun and vaporized this week. Here's how the "Halloween comet" met its fiery end.
NASA Devised a Wild Plot to Capture an Asteroid and Save Humanity. It Almost Failed
Stardust, which gobbled up matter from a comet, came home in 2006—its parachutes granted ... But even after the sample had been safely brought back to Earth, a darkly comic late-stage curveball ...
‘Lock the clock’: U.S. senator wants to make daylight saving time permanent
Ryan Mackenzie, also in 2023, brought a bill forward to make ... in the United States will be turning the clocks back this ...
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What can comets tell us about solar activity and space weather?
The passage of Comet C/2023 A3 presented an opportunity to gain insights into the near-Sun environment and solar space weather.
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Did some of Earth's water come from the solar wind?
The source of Earth's water is an enduring mystery that ... Previous research shows that "asteroid and comet impacts during ...
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UW Planetarium Brings Back ‘Liquid Sky’ Music Shows During November
November marks the return of the popular “Liquid Sky” music-themed shows at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan ...
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‘Halloween comet’ could be visible during daytime this week — here’s the best time to see it
“I expect that at night this comet will only be visible with binoculars or a telescope, as its path will not bring it very close to the Earth.” Johnston added that the latitude areas around ...
Orionid meteor shower to light up night sky through most of November
The Orionids meteor shower peaks on Monday, but will continue to light up the sky through Nov. 22, as debris from Halley's Comet enters Earth's atmosphere.