20 July 2018
Made-to-order meteor showers available soon say Japanese company
...our atmosphere and there are at least eight annual meteor showers that Earth experiences each year; some of which can... release 400 tiny balls on command to create an artificial meteor shower. The company are keeping tight-lipped on what the spheres...
11 August 2016
Perseids Outburst Promises Spectacular Show on August 11th
...passes through the trail of the Comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids meteor shower will rain down at double the usual rate, in a first... the debris and dust left by the comet, the Perseid meteor shower can be observed once a year. What observers see here ...
17 November 2015
The famous annual Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight
... The Leonids first became famous in 1833, when a meteor shower of epic proportions was observed over North America. Since ...making the Leonids all the more amazing to watch. The Leonid meteor shower will be most visible in the early, pre-dawn hours on ...
18 January 2019
Made-to-order meteor shower satellite now in space
..." service. The satellite is to release tiny balls that glow brightly as they hurtle through the atmosphere, simulating a meteor shower. It hitched a ride on the small-size Epsilon-4 rocket that was launched from the Uchinoura space centre...
November 2019
UAE meteor and debris monitoring network
.... Meteor shower Meteor showers can be defined as multiple meteors in the sky appearing to originate from a similar point. The number of meteors appearing per hour varies from one meteor shower to another. Taking the Geminids and Lyrids meteor showers...
13 August 2015
The beautiful Perseid Meteor Shower and the (possibly) dangerous comet Swift-Tuttle
This year, the moon, a waning crescent, made for especially favorable watching conditions. As usual, the meteor display resulted in dazzling photography and social media status updates full of unrestrained awe. TIME magazine’s online ...
