... Globular star cluster Palomar 13 has roamed the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy for the last 12 billion years. ... Here is what a meteor shower looks like from orbit. During the peak of the 1997 Leonid Meteor Shower, the MSX satellite imaged from above 29 meteors over a 48 minute period entering the Earth's atmosphere. ... Earth at Night . ... Observers in Europe observed a sharp peak in the number of meteors visible around 0210 UTC during the early morning hours of November 18. ... Fire on Earth . ...