The Quadrantid meteor shower, which is likely to be this year's first and strongest meteor shower, will blaze through United States skies between January 3-4 and it is expected to bring up to 120 shooting stars every hour. Unlike other meteor showers, the Quadrantids usually last for a few hours at night, and one can witness dozens of meteors if …
Shooting stars, other than being your make-believe lucky charms, collectively form meteor showers that originate from debris spewed off by comets. Astronomers at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute reported that they can now detect meteor showers from rare comets as old as 4000 years. According to the meteor shower survey published in the September edition of Icarus, these new …
The night skies will be filled with shooting stars in the coming week, with as many as 23 appearing per hour, according to Weeronline. Avid sky watchers may want to head outdoors between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. when skies will be at their darkest, with the quarter moon at its most visible at the beginning of the night through …
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