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Showing posts with label meteors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meteors. Show all posts

Friday, February 15, 2013

Meteor Explosion in Russia Hurts More than 500 People

More than 500 people are reportedly injured, and hundreds of buildings damaged, after a meteorite streaked across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains Friday morning (Feb. 15) and exploded in a massive blast.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Promising Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks on Sunday

While you can see the Perseids any night this week, your chances will be better after local midnight (1 a.m. if you’re on daylight saving time) on any particular night, and your chances will be best on Saturday night (Aug. 11) and Sunday morning (Aug. 12), because that’s when we will be in the center of the comet track.