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![Метеор перед галактикой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2016/08/17/0001367615/MeteorM31_hemmerich_960.preview.jpg)
17.08.2016
What's that green streak in front of the Andromeda galaxy? A meteor. While photographing the Andromeda galaxy last Friday, near the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, a sand-sized rock from deep space crossed right in front of our Milky Way Galaxy's far-distant companion.
![Пыль кометы Галлея за семь лет](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/10/28/0001854268/2016-2022_Orionids_Pano_1100px_0.preview.jpg)
28.10.2022
History's first known periodic comet Halley (1P/Halley) returns to the inner Solar System every 75 years or so. The famous comet made its last appearance to the naked-eye in 1986. But dusty debris...
![Мерцающее северное сияние и вспышка метеора](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/12/09/0001449424/GeminidAurora_Hansen1_960.preview.jpg)
9.12.2018
Some night skies are serene and passive -- others shimmer and flash. The later, in the form of auroras and meteors, haunted skies over the island of Kvaløya, near Tromsø Norway on 2009 December 13. This 30 second long exposure records a shimmering auroral glow gently lighting the wintery coastal scene.
![Ядро кометы Галлея: летящий айсберг](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/01/11/0001237843/halley_giotto.preview.jpg)
4.01.2010
What does a comet nucleus look like? Formed from the primordial stuff of the Solar System, comet nuclei were thought to resemble very dirty icebergs. But ground-based telescopes revealed only the surrounding cloud of gas and dust of active comets nearing the Sun, clearly resolving only the comet's coma, and the characteristic cometary tails.
![Метеор Леонид из Сириуса](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/12/0001217645/siriusleonid98_pacholka.preview.jpg)
18.11.1999
In the sky or on the web, did you watch this year's Leonid meteor shower? If you did, meteors flashing through the night sky should be a familiar sight. Recorded last year during...
![Три ночи Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/08/26/0001756607/ThreeNightsPerseids1024.preview.jpg)
20.08.2021
Frames from a camera that spent three moonless nights under the stars create this composite night skyscape. They were recorded during August 11-13 while planet Earth was sweeping through the dusty trail of comet Swift-Tuttle.
![Шаттл и метеор](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/08/14/0001235823/sts128rolloutMeteor_900.preview.jpg)
14.08.2009
This early morning skyscape was captured last week on August 4th, looking northeast across calm waters in the Turn Basin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. In a striking contrast in motion, the space...
![Леониды над Национальным парком Джошуа Три](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/11/05/0001180730/leonids01_pacholka.preview.jpg)
5.11.2002
This year's Leonid Meteor Shower is predicted to have two peaks, like last year's. The first peak should come at about 04:00 hours Universal Time (UT) on November 19 and be primarily visible from Western Europe before sunrise.
![Звёздные следы на севере](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2010/12/24/0001248842/StartrailsViking_heden.preview.jpg)
24.12.2010
Pointing skyward, the wall of this ruined Viking church still stands after a thousand winters, near the town of Vallentuna, Sweden. The time exposure records the scene on December 14th as stars leave graceful arcing trails during a long night, reflecting planet Earth's daily rotation on its axis.
![Геминиды над Чили](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/12/08/0001568063/geminids2013_beletsky_960.preview.jpg)
8.12.2019
Are meteors streaming out from a point in the sky? Yes, in a way. When the Earth crosses a stream of Sun-orbiting meteors, these meteors appear to come from the direction of the stream -- with the directional point called the radiant.
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