... But even though Tuesday's skies were dark, the overall rate of meteors in this field is low, and only the three lower meteor streaks seem to point back to the shower's estimated radiant. ...
... 2013 August 21 . Perseid Meteors Over China . Image Credit Copyright: Xiang Zhan ( Beijing Planetarium ) . ... Comet dust rained down on planet Earth earlier this month, streaking through dark skies in the annual Perseid meteor shower ...
... Explanation: Created as planet Earth sweeps through dusty debris from mysterious, asteroid-like, 3200 Phaethon , the annual Geminid Meteor Shower should be the best meteor shower of the year. ...
... November 24, 1999 . A Leonids Meteor Storm in 1999 . Credit Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado . ... Credit Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado . Explanation: The 1999 Leonids meteor shower was not equally good for everybody. ...
... 2009 December 12 . Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley . Credit Copyright : Wally Pacholka (AstroPics.com, TWAN ) . ... dusty debris from extinct comet Phaethon , the annual Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak on December 14th, around 0510 ...
... Observers there reported a strong peak in faint meteors between 5:30 and 6:00 EST , with a particularly strong minute coming at 5:46 EST when 22 Leonid meteors were counted. ...
... A Taurid Meteor Fireball . Credit: Lior Shamir ( Michigan Tech ), Cerro Pachon CONCAM , Night Sky Live Project . ... Explanation: Have you ever seen a very bright meteor? ...
... The Great Meteor Procession of 1913 . Image Credit Copyright: RASC Archives ; Acknowledgement: Bradley E. Schaefer ( LSU ) . ... Explanation: One hundred years ago today the Great Meteor Procession of 1913 occurred, a sky event described by some as ...