meteor showers

Meteor lovers, rejoice. The year’s first big shower is upon us. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to catch a glimpse of these fireballs.Read more... Meteor lovers, rejoice. The year’s first big shower is upon us. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to catch a glimpse of these fireballs.Read more... FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the…

Every November, there’s a fantastic event for bringing people together: that’s right, the Leonid meteor shower. It will peak in the night sky this weekend, and this is how you can optimize your view of the show.The Hunger Games Director Francis Lawrence on Adapting a PrequelThe Leonids’ light trails appear to come from the constellation Leo, hence their name, but the meteors actually appear across the night sky. The meteors come from the relatively small comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, discovered by Tempel and Tuttle in 1865 and…

A comet-like asteroid has been flaunting a tail of material as it approaches the Sun. But unlike its cometary counterparts, a fresh look at asteroid Phaethon reveals, this tail is made of sodium rather than dust, as was previously thought. What Is Planet Nine and Why Can’t We Find It?The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency, recorded new observations of Phaethon as it passed near the Sun in May 2022. SOHO’s Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph imaged…

Skywatchers have a great chance to see several celestial events this month including, Meteor Showers, Lunar Eclipse, New Moon and more. October was a great month for sky-watching, but November will be even more exciting. This month, skywatchers will be mesmerized, not with just one or two, but as many as six celestial events. Fascinating events such as the Taurids Meteor Shower, total lunar eclipse of 2022, new moon, and more are in offing. If you are excited to see the sky with these rare events, then get ready with…

Halley’s Comet won’t be visible for 39 more years, but at least we can enjoy its dust. The annual Orionid meteor shower, a byproduct of Halley’s most recent pass near Earth, has begun.The shower is set to last for the rest of October and the beginning of November. But it will reach its peak for skywatchers in the U.S. Oct. 21 through Oct. 22. The new moon is on the 25th—meaning skies will be extra dark for the best part of the space spectacle.In the past, the Orionids have produced up to 80 meteors an hour, but in more…

Infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope showing the busted Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3 skimming along a trail of debris left during its multiple trips around the Sun. “The flame-like objects are the comet’s fragments and their tails, while the dusty comet trail is the line bridging the fragments,” according to NASA. Image: NASAAs a periodic meteor shower, the Tau Herculids tend to be quite boring, but astronomers have reason to believe that this year’s version might be different. Here’s what you need to…

The annual Lyrid meteor shower is likely to peak in the skies today. This comes after almost a three month gap in meteor showers. The meteors will peak in Indian skies tonight and will continuously pass through till 29 April at nearly 10-15 meteors every hour. The meteors are likely to streak past planet Earth. Lyrids are debris of Comet Thatcher, which is currently traveling at a distance of 1,60,00,00,000 kilometers from the planet. However, Moon could reduce…