| 单词 | meteor |
| 例句 | She ripped through the sky like a meteor. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Me: My primary interest is not the meteor shower. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Maybe Libby wasn’t lying about the meteor shower after all, or can sense things about the future that even I can’t. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “My mom died. Five years ago. And I guess I like to think that wherever she is, her sky has meteor showers, too.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z S. L. and his wife of Los Angeles, California, tuned to The Mercury Theatre in time to hear the newsflash about the meteor. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He jumped to test his invention—he expected to fly—but instead he fell straight down, hitting the ground like a meteor and leaving a 5.9-inch-deep crater from the impact. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On many a clear night, if you look patiently up at the sky, you will see a solitary meteor blazing briefly overhead. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you go back to bed and watch the meteors?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z In this instant of its arrival in our atmosphere, everything in the meteor’s path–people, houses, factories, cars–would crinkle and vanish like cellophane in a flame. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Rishi stared at her like she’d just told him a giant meteor was headed for the Earth and there was nothing to be done about it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The one time she’d convinced him to be a rebel was back at the Wilderness School, when they had sneaked onto the roof at night to watch a meteor shower. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Maybe I fly futuristic jets that run on meteors or something! The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Just doesn’t feel right,” he told me one night while we sat on the front porch swing watching for meteors. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z It’s a few minutes before he says, “The first meteor shower I saw was huge. I never wanted it to end.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z One week before the impact, Nature ran an article, "The Big Fizzle Is Coming," predicting that the impact would constitute nothing more than a meteor shower. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Him: Looks like it's going to be overcast tonight so no meteor shower. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The meteor hit approximately fifty thousand years ago and weighed several hundred thousand tons! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z For the first time since that night when I sat in the back of Bo’s truck, watching the meteor shower, I feel like my life is happening. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I’m propped on my bed drawing Brian, who’s a few feet away at my desk watching a meteor shower on some astronomy site he’s addicted to. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z They are comets and meteors burning past her little capsule; they scorch up her very skin as she tries to sleep. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It’s actually just a section of the much larger Cape New York meteor. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The troopers’ biggest challenge was calming people down and explaining that no meteors or Martians had fallen. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Barringer believed that the crater had been formed by a ten-million-ton meteor, heavily freighted with iron and nickel, and it was his confident expectation that he would make a fortune digging it out. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “But it’s still happening, right? Like, there is still a meteor shower. We just can’t see it.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The shoulder of the road is ground zero for a meteor shower of bottles, cans, tires, hubcaps, French fry holders, and discarded shopping bags. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z At first, callers asked whether there had been a meteor strike in New Jersey. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I hadn’t planned on any meteors hitting the ship,” Mr. Andrews said thoughtfully. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “We’re hanging out here because there’s supposed to be a meteor shower tonight,” she says, lying to Anthony. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z If a meteor crashed into the ocean and caused a tsunami, I don’t think either of us would even notice. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The ball shot like a meteor above the field, flying deep into the surrounding forest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Then I turn around and dive back down like a meteor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Their tight, shiny bike pants shoot past, meteor streaks of luminescent yellow. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z On some nights you can see a shower of meteors, always on the same few days of every year—a natural fireworks display, an entertainment in the heavens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stars poured over his sight like flaming meteors. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Its gold eyes flared like meteors in the dusk. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z As I’m unlocking my door—I don’t have one of those fancy clicker things—Bo says, “There’s a meteor shower tonight. It’s a small one.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He saw the aurora borealis, meteor showers over tumbling black waves, night skies so clear the stars seemed within reach, hung from a ceiling by fishing wire. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow night, perhaps. Tonight we should be glad we got across all that space without getting a meteor in our bulkhead or having one man of us die.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z These meteors are made by tiny grains, smaller than a mustard seed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sherman gasped so loud it made me look up in time to see the streak of a big blue meteor, yellow sparks flying from its head, coming out of the north. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But in flight they were angelic: they cut through the air with such speed and grace that they were called “blue meteors.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z One night when she was checking the items on a grocery bill a thought shot into her mind, shining and winking like a meteor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Unaware that the meteor and everything in it would have been vaporized on impact, he wasted a fortune, and the next twenty-six years, cutting tunnels that yielded nothing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Two Princeton University geology professors received word that a meteor had fallen just a few miles away from campus. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Our original reason for lying on the roof was to view a widely publicized meteor shower. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Where that orbit intersects the orbit of the Earth, there is a swarm of meteors waiting for us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some part of the swarm is always at the same position in the Earth’s orbit, so the meteor shower is always observed on the same day of every year. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “What if the Titanic was hit by a meteor?” said Phoebe, whose latest obsession was outer space. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z She and a few of her undead sailors uncovered one of the two emergency rowboats while Scylla’s heads rained from the sky like a meteor shower with teeth, picking off Confederate sailors one after another. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The Tunguska Event seems to have been caused by a chunk of Comet Encke, a piece substantially larger than the tiny fragments that cause those glittering, harmless meteor showers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s been over two weeks since I talked to the grand jury, and now we’re waiting for their decision, which is similar to waiting for a meteor to hit. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And dinosaurs standing around drinking coffee, staring up at the giant meteor soaring through the air, commenting on how pretty it is. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The morning of the meteor shower, I arrived at school with Harold and discovered a bright orange Volkswagen Beetle parked in my usual spot. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z If a giant meteor had hit the football field, we wouldn’t have heard that either. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “But the moon was supposed to get hit tonight by an asteroid or something. One of my teachers mentioned it. She was going to a meteor party in Central Park to watch.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z One day a bottle came down, like a meteor. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Him: There is a meteor shower Thursday night. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It looks like a giant meteor crashed through the roof, obliterating stone into dust. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In “Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds,” Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer ponder the mythic, spiritual gravitational pull of meteors and comets on humanity — and on Herzog, himself. New this week: ‘I Am Greta,’ Chris Stapleton & CMA Awards 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z “It was like watching this meteor shower,” Kail recalled. A ‘Hamilton’ Star Discovers Lunatic Comedy With ‘Girls5eva’ 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The Geminids meteor shower hits its peak Tuesday, but a full moon will outshine the celestial show this year. Moon will outshine Geminids meteor shower 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z We lay back on the blanket, grinning, as meteors streaked the sky. The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The visiting couple, like the visiting meteors, are nothing more than symbols of the danger built into our world, both atmospheric and marital. Review: Look Up! It’s Amy Schumer in ‘Meteor Shower’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z This is Hollyoaks turned up to 11, where the entire boundaries of plausibility meteor off the scale. The post-watershed wonder of Hollyoaks Later is worth celebrating 2010-10-25T11:39:00Z He views the abstraction of the wildly pockmarked head, which looks as though it might have been hit by a meteor shower, as alluding to sounds — the string section, the brass. A Sun God? A Cyborg? No, It’s a George Condo Creation 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z For example, the common theory that the 1991 release of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” wiped out hair metal bands like a meteor destroying the dinosaurs has been largely debunked with some chart deep dives and musical analysis. R.E.M.’s leap of faith: 25 years later, every curveball on “Out of Time” makes perfect sense 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z That was the one that did me in, setting in motion an unstoppable trajectory, like a meteor hurtling toward a barren and entirely innocent section of earth. In her memoir ‘M Train,’ Patti Smith opens up about her life and loves 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z But when I tell her about the meteor shower, she is not sure how to feel about that and asks if one might crash into the Earth. Parenting through the apocalypse 2012-12-21T00:00:00Z Reanimated by a specialist Nasa team but helplessly fused in meteor rock, Stamper must talk them through the precarious drilling process required to neutralise the threat he now represents. From Gladiator to Scarface: five film heroes to bring back from the dead 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z He becomes infused with psychic powers when he discovers a meteor. 2010-01-13T01:57:00Z The band’s final shows in Toronto coincided with the Perseid meteor showers. Watching Canada’s Biggest Rock Band Say a Dramatic Goodbye 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Is it what granted all the Iceland folks their powers to begin with, or is it a separate thing entirely that was riding the meteor? Raising Dion – the superpowers and supertwists: discuss with spoilers 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z In addition to his meteor, 35 other meteors struck the planet. Review: Jason Ritter Saves ‘Kevin (Probably) Saves the World’ 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But a great majority of what happened in that room, with its holy hush, happened with the impact of a meteor strike. My Summer Waiting Tables at the Writers’ Retreat 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Even as rappers rule the Billboard charts thanks to a youthful, heavy-streaming fan base, it’s a rarer feat for young SoundCloud meteors to crash Top 40 radio. Lil Mosey, Seattle’s hottest music star, joins elite company with first Top 10 hit 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The Duchess commands attention like a meteor burning across the sky. Ades' `Powder Her Face' opens NY City Opera season 2013-02-17T18:35:09Z The question is whether he’s the dawning sun or an extinction-level-event meteor. Battle of the Network Stars: Trump vs. Clinton 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Wednesday night’s premiere, airing at 9 p.m., opens with a reminder of the Chelyabinsk meteor that took the world by surprise in 2013, when it exploded over Russia. “Salvation” gives us the fantasy of ending with a bang in a story that whimpers 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Whitman's procession lasted "a moment, a moment long," but meteor showers last for hours, even days. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z He often invokes the storied writer Phase 2, a mentor, who suggested that referring to masterful forms of color and expression as “graffiti” was as inadequate as “calling a meteor a pebble.” Covid. A Coma. A Stroke. José Parlá Returns From the Edge. 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Though it's never clear just what calamity has ruined the landscape - a meteor? a nuclear war? - the knights bravely carry on as long as they can. 2 updated visions of Wagner's last opera 2011-02-21T13:16:05Z “It was very apparent to me that the whole Bread Loaf waiter system was this outdated, classist dinosaur in need of a meteor,” he said. Bread Loaf Ends ‘Wait Scholar’ Program 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Now slides the silent meteor on, and leavesA shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me. Love poems: writers choose their favourites for Valentine's Day 2012-02-10T22:52:01Z Within it, a meteor streaked across starry space toward an outstretched hand. Paul Laffoley, Painter Inspired by Time Travel and Aliens, Dies at 80 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z “And yet every year, governments spend hundreds of billions of public funds on fossil fuel subsidies. Imagine if we had spent hundreds of billions per year subsidizing giant meteors.” ‘Save your species’: UN uses dinosaur in fossil fuel message 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z If it leaves a streak, it’s a meteor. For the best stargazing, head to a patch of dark sky 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Her squabbling parents and disaffected brothers circle one another like “planets in orbit. No, not planets. More like meteors or space junk.” Preparing to Launch: Three Adolescents Count Down to Adulthood 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z He made a splash like a meteor on the Earth, and everyone wanted to see it. Louie Anderson Remembers Robin Williams 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z “But the Perseid meteor shower peaks tomorrow night. Want to find a dark spot and watch?” The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z What Alex's personality was like before the meteor hit we don't know. The Universe versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence – review 2013-03-15T17:45:01Z The larger, horizontally oriented “Radiation Exploration” pictures are based on fields of sea-blue over which burst the equivalent of cosmic fireworks: lightning bolts, planetary fireballs and meteor showers of individual strokes. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Renderings of food fall from above or bloom on the periphery, doubling as instruments, as architecture, as meteors. Flavorful Bites in a Virtual Reality 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z In fact the Earth is getting bigger, as it sweeps up dust and meteors from the solar system, but in the laying down geological strata, its contribution is negligible. Notes & Queries: Is the Earth getting bigger? 2012-05-30T16:00:01Z In recent years, the park has overhauled its lighting system, so that after the sun sets, visitors can experience a naturally dark sky — one swimming in stars, planets and meteors. How ‘dark sky’ designations are giving communities new tourism appeal 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Tonight stargazers will witness a never before seen meteor shower named Camelopardalid, when Earth passes through the debris of comet 209P/Linear. Tonight’s spectacular new meteor shower can be seen and heard: Here’s how 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Hit by a bus, flattened by a meteor, crushed by the neighbor’s pet python, maybe a dozen others. | 'Curious & Unusual Deaths': ?Curious & Unusual Deaths? on Discovery Fit & Health 2012-02-16T22:55:02Z Justice arrived like a meteor, originating from an unlikely source: Timothy Mucciante, who nursed grave doubts about the veracity of Sebold’s story when he was the executive producer of the film version of “Lucky.” Anthony Broadwater was wrongfully convicted four decades ago — and fought to get his life back 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The stiff family of King Pentheus of Thebes gathers around a dinner table, in outrageously camp makeup and costumes, and await the arrival of a meteor that might destroy the earth. At the Holland Festival, Many Shades of Strange 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z He has a metaphor in the meteor shower but hasn’t yet found a dramatic reason for it to exist. Steve Martin's 'Meteor Shower' plunges into the absurd at the Old Globe 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The same night, Uncle Jimmy – now on a beach – lights a campfire and summons something that arrives like a meteor from the sky. Cleverman recap, season one episode one: supernatural and political 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Despite the city lights, we saw three meteors blaze above the Boston skyline. The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Choice times for meteor showers in the Northern Hemisphere include: For the best stargazing, head to a patch of dark sky 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Signals of the hero's return include a person being "born of smoke and salt" and a "bleeding" star, like a meteor. 10 Reasons Jon Snow and Daenerys Might End Up Together on Game of Thrones Even Though It’s Kind of Weird 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z A strange life-form is buried within the meteor, and it soon leaches into the soil. The Old, American Horror Behind “Stranger Things” 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s about a meteor that lands on a farm in rural Massachusetts. The Old, American Horror Behind “Stranger Things” 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z He moves the moon from its orbit, causing meteors to bombard the ninja villages, presaging an interplanetary collision. Elaborate 'Last' in Naruto series packs visual punch 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z In a true friendship, people grow and change and sometimes, give a lot of raw snails to a new somebody who shot into your community in a flaming meteor cannon. "The Rings of Power" shows us a new side of Middle-earth: girlfriends 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z “Ejecta” refers to objects expelled from such violent events as meteor impacts and volcano eruptions. In the galleries: Finding, and creating, nature in the city 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In August, guided hikes are also offered in the early evenings to see the annual Perseids meteor shower. Journeys: Network of Trails Lead Hikers to Another California 2010-07-16T19:57:00Z Specifically, antlike insects that have turned up in Washington after a meteor strike and crawled into the ears of politicians and their staffers, turning them into — well, themselves, but more obnoxious. Review: Alien Ants Become Washington Insiders in ‘BrainDead’ 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z The meteors she was seeing, she realized, were memories of her view from the operating table when she was resuscitated. Susan Miller Always Has a Story for You 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Earth also crosses the orbital path of Halley’s comet near the other end of the year, giving rise to the Orionid meteor shower, usually viewed best in the predawn hours on or near Oct. It’s Star Wars Day, and a meteor shower is on its way to Seattle-area skies 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Darwin feared meteors and their connection to lichen. How Mexico tried to save Freud from the Nazis 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Lovell was primarily concerned with investigating cosmic rays, and the observatory has since played a key role in the research of meteors, quasars and pulsars. Doves: "The band are splitting up? Nobody told me!" | Interview 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z The biographer Charles J. Shields, author of “Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee,” said finding personal correspondence by Ms. Lee is “about as rare as a meteor hitting the earth.” Six Personal Letters by Harper Lee to Be Auctioned at Christie’s 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Some scholars had thought the poem could have been referring to an 1859 daylight fireball, but Whitman has the meteor occurring at night, and describes several flares traveling through the sky at once. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z Identifying the second event, what Whitman called the "meteor procession," proved more difficult. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z The iPhones went off like a meteor shower, and photos were displayed on screens around the party. White House correspondents’ dinner: Now with even more empty calories! 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Forced to stay off school until his fits can be controlled by a mixture of meditation and medication, he reads Tolkien, conducts a charming correspondence with a meteor expert and helps in his mother's shop. The Universe versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence – review 2013-03-15T17:45:01Z Don’t miss the basement where the University of Arizona Mineral Museum houses fantastically colorful rocks with names like Variscite and Mimetite, as well as pieces of meteors. 36 Hours in Tucson 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Maybe there’s some other explanation — a meteor, an aneurysm, a panic attack — but there’s no avoiding it. TV Keeps the Faith With Supernatural Procedurals. Again. 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The televangelist had said on his TV program that the “Gay Days” event held in Orlando “will bring about terrorist bombs, it’ll bring earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor.” Orlando isn’t what you think it is 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z They drove west through Pittsburgh, stopped to see drag races in Joplin, Missouri, and then headed on to Arizona, where they gazed at the world’s best-preserved meteor crater and marvelled at the Grand Canyon. Germ warfare: the battle for the key to modern vaccines 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z After sunset, you’ll get the show of a lifetime — planets, meteor showers, stars — illuminated against northern Maine’s inky black skies. Summer, Reimagined — Minus the Gridlock. Five Alternatives 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Compare that to meteor showers, which happen several times a year, he added. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z Whether it's a meteor strike, climate disaster or nuclear war, the end has nearly always been told in the same way for over 60 years: abruptly, hopelessly and completely. With threats of nuclear war and climate disaster growing, America’s "bunker fantasy" is inadequate 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z So many comic book stories are about stopping a meteor or alien invasions. How Shannon Hale draws strength from Wonder Woman, the star of her new book, even amid boos 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z He disobeys his parents, who are then promptly killed by a fiery meteor. | 'The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy': An Orphan?s Adventures, Ripe for the Telling 2011-05-02T21:32:52Z There were always surprises: a particularly stunning sunset, a vivid meteor shower, orcas breaching in the distance, pods of frolicking dolphins, and porpoises surfing our bow wave. Sailing Into Today on a Boat From Our Past 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The current theory is that the extremely high temperatures that would have been needed to create the optically pure glass of the scarab must have been produced by the impact of a meteor. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z The end of the world is ushered in by a meteor display that blinds everyone who sees it. Anthony Horowitz's top apocalypse books 2012-10-04T10:49:38Z “It’s like standing in the middle of a busy freeway with traffic all around you and asking, ‘What’s the chance I’m going to get hit by a meteor?’ Stop wiping down groceries and focus on bigger risks, say experts on coronavirus transmission 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z NBC asked that we not reveal it, but I’m going to tell you it’s that a meteor hits the world and they’re the only people to survive. This is Us: manipulative drama is in desperate pursuit of your tears 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Two programmes about meteors last night, but neither answered the big question: why do meteors always seem to fall on rural Russia rather than the West Midlands? Mayday; Story of Music – TV review 2013-03-04T07:00:00Z You could almost say this pandemic is the equivalent of the meteor that crashed to earth and destroyed the dinosaurs. Chairing a Gala While Stuck in Mustique 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z For hours, until the sun lit the horizon, we watched the cosmic dance of the Perseid meteor shower. Awe might be our most undervalued emotion. Here’s how to help children find it. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The event coincides with the Perseid meteor shower, which will peak during the second week of August, according to a news release from the national park. Stargazing program at Mount Rainier on Saturday 2013-08-09T03:04:57Z “It’s like that movie where you see the meteor coming.” Pickleball Is Expanding. Tennis Is Mad. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z From there, “The Ancient Hours” roams back and forth across time, plumbing crushed lives amid a backdrop of blossoming dogwoods and meteor showers. Violent Tragedy Upends a Bible Belt Town in This Brisk Novel 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z One day, fate serves one up in the form of a meteor. ‘The Rings of Power’ Review: Shiny, Not Yet Precious 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z There are parts of the world officially noted as great places to view meteors, stars such as the Betelgeuse, and star groups such as the Big Dipper. For the best stargazing, head to a patch of dark sky 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z On the runway, it looked as though van Herpen’s model was wearing a meteor, one observer noted. Iris van Herpen’s astonishing designs don’t look like ‘clothes.’ They look like the future. 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Undulant surfaces treated this way suggested rough-hewn stones or meteors from a Technicolor world. Ken Price, Sculptor Who Helped Elevate Ceramics, Dies at 77 2012-02-25T02:28:11Z A meteor shower damages a lunar base, and the four members of the crew soon realize that some kind of life form entered their hermetically sealed world along with the rocks. Movie Review: ‘Stranded,’ Starring Christian Slater, Repeats a Common Plot 2013-07-25T23:40:03Z One night we stayed up late to watch a meteor shower, the six of us lying side by side, watching the lights streak across the sky to the sound of waves beating against the shore. Past Into Present: 4 Journeys That Changed Us 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Except maybe in reality they were just territorial owls dodging shotgun blasts, the supposed invading spaceships nothing more or less miraculous than a meteor shower. "E.T." at 40: A personal reflection on the importance of a "closed story" 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Point kids’ eyes skyward for the extraordinary Perseid meteor shower, which happens between July 17 and August 24 and peaks on August 12. Summer vacation boredom busters for your kids 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z A meteor kills the dinosaurs; their bones remain in our museums. “Life Story,” Virginia Lee Burton’s Picture Book for the Ages 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z For every internet meteor like Bonobos, in other words, the wreckage from a thousand failed start-ups lies scattered along the road. Want to Be the Next Big Thing in Fashion? Nah 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z I tell her that on Dec. 13 there is a massive Geminids meteor shower. Parenting through the apocalypse 2012-12-21T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, a meteor lands on you and changes everything. With "Silver Dollar Road," Raoul Peck travels to the heart of Black land loss through one family 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Tesoriero describes the scene: “shock, bewilderment, and sadness, eyes that are at once a scream and a cry,” and puzzlement at how “this destructive meteor landed in their backyard.” ‘The Class’ Review: Science-Fair Confidential 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Is Iceland really just rotting away after the meteor shower? Raising Dion – the superpowers and supertwists: discuss with spoilers 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Company C has eight heavy, black iron chandeliers, each an elaborate tangle of various tools of war, including dangling meteor hammers and what looks to be scythes or swords. Surrounded by Violence, and Contemplating Its Toll on Us 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Laughter is an entirely appropriate response to something so abstractly awful as an unstoppable meteor speeding toward earth. Movie Review: Steve Carell in ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’ 2012-06-21T23:12:06Z The National Weather Service office in Romeoville received calls about the meteor streaking across the sky. Meteor? Sky watchers wonder 2012-04-12T11:30:00Z The new Pixar movie, which hits theaters on Thanksgiving, begins with a simple premise: what if a giant meteor hadn’t slammed into the Earth and killed all the dinosaurs? The Full Trailer for Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur' Is Finally Here 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Reached by a flight of stairs behind a triangle-patterned screen, the second floor has a pockmarked look, as if brutalized by a recent meteor shower. Critical Shopper: Proenza Schouler on Madison Avenue: Critical Shopper 2012-09-20T00:01:02Z That meteor turns out to be Dionysus, the god who appears in Euripides’s play to punish Pentheus and his relatives for claiming that Dionysus is not the son of Zeus. At the Holland Festival, Many Shades of Strange 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z We’ve suffered meteors, the Rapture, nuclear war and the zombie apocalypse. The world has a really bad hair day in ‘The Blondes’ 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Kids who seemed quite ready to rob and terrorize their neighbor, but only stopped because they were interrupted by a meteor. London toughs battle aliens in 'Attack the Block' 2011-07-28T19:29:05Z On the evening of July 12, they climbed back in their rented Toyota to watch a meteor shower. Their Story Wrote Itself 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The astronomer recognized this as an extremely rare event called a "meteor procession," in which a meteor breaks up and the pieces travel together as if in formation before exiting the Earth's atmosphere once more. Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem 2010-06-05T01:01:00Z The Tree of Life offers breathtaking imagery and even manages to survive an epic detour to the dawn of time, featuring the Big Bang, dinosaurs, meteors and all. Malick movie premieres at Cannes 2011-05-16T16:17:29Z But the group’s biggest challenge may be a mysterious being who landed along with the meteor. TV Review: CW’s ‘The Messengers’ 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z A falling meteor haunts the evening news, and nightmarish flashbacks to childhood curse Kenan’s sleep. | 'Toll Booth': ?Toll Booth? Directed by Tolga Karacelik ? Review 2012-01-11T23:05:35Z With its echoes of “Frankenstein” and Michael Myers, plus a quote from Psalm 130 and a meteor in the sky, the final scene piles it on. Living in Extreme Isolation: Is It Possible Without Going Mad? 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z You can’t force a person to open to you in a real way–not by cornering them in a hallway, not by whining, not with a sweet move involving a rare meteor shower. REVIEW: Louie Watch: Going All In 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z We certainly saw a super-clear Big Dipper, but not the Milky Way or the meteors or the supposedly mind-blowing intergalactic show of stars darting across the sprawling sky. A Nevada Park That, at 77,000 Acres, Sneaks in Under the Tourist Radar 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z This year, the forecast for the #EtaAquariid shower calls for the greatest number of meteors to fall before dawn tomorrow. It’s Star Wars Day, and a meteor shower is on its way to Seattle-area skies 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z The music — a kind of mechanical cacophony I’d never heard before — landed in my life with no context, a meteor from the sky. I Was Bullied for Being Arab. Nine Inch Nails Threw Me a Lifeline. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Meteor Crater is an enormous and well-preserved meteor crash site in the middle of the desert. 10 of the best US road trip stopoffs – readers’ travel tips 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Sekaer’s career, he added, “was like the passage of a meteor, very bright but fairly brief.” Antiques: Peter Sekaer and the Other America 2010-06-03T22:10:00Z The Perseid meteor shower streaked down through the middle of August. A guide to urban stargazing: What you need to start exploring the skies close to home 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Ultron will destroy the city-state and its inhabitants, turning it into a meteor, the impact of which will result in human extinction. The New “Avengers” Is Really About the N.S.A. 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Among them is Michael Bay, the maker of “Armageddon,” a 1998 summer disaster flick that shows one of the towers ablaze after a meteor strike. The Twin Towers After September 11: A Tribute or a Painful Reminder? 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z What if a meteor hadn’t hit earth killing off all the oversized reptiles? Go Back in Time With the First Trailer for Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z If your view of this spectacular shower is obstructed by clouds or city lights, you may be able to listen to the meteors. Tonight’s spectacular new meteor shower can be seen and heard: Here’s how 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z All of the crazy ants that live in the meteor escape, infesting the brains of unsuspecting Washingtonians. BrainDead: The Good Wife creators make a self-aware, allegorical B-movie 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Clooney and Bullock play astronauts stranded outside their vehicle after a meteor shower, and the world premiere of the $80m-budget Warner Bros film will be the first time a 3D film will open the festival. Gravity to open Venice film festival 2013-07-03T14:00:13Z Because the Republicans and Democrats in Congress can’t pass a budget, the government shuts down and there’s no money to guard the meteor. BrainDead: The Good Wife creators make a self-aware, allegorical B-movie 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z The night was warm and smelled of jewelweed, and there were meteor showers. Modern Love: What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love 2014-03-06T20:37:16Z You see it with alien armies, supernatural beings, incoming meteors and adverse environmental conditions. Disasters on stage: why can't theatre hit mankind where it hurts? 2011-02-03T15:08:08Z May a meteor target his car, the intersection where he waited for the light to change reduced to a smoky black crater. How many times had I wished my father dead? This time, it was different 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z In the first episode of "The Rings of Power," a burning meteor bearing The Stranger slashed through the sky. "The Rings of Power" are here to fight climate change 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Is it any wonder, then, that older generations’ contributions to the conversation are, at best, a kind of verbal meteor shower, the flickering, nattering remains of planets that haven’t existed for eons? Team older feminist: am I allowed nuanced feelings about #MeToo? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Of the meteor, the narrator concludes, “It was nothing of the earth, but a piece of the great outside.” The Old, American Horror Behind “Stranger Things” 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z After a microsecond, we leaned away in a kind of physical shock at the recognition, the way the trunks of tall trees are supposed to splay out from the crash site of a meteor. Elizabeth Taylor: born to be Cleopatra 2011-03-23T19:59:58Z In the apocalyptic comedy “How It Ends,” the Earth faces destruction by meteor at the end of the night. ‘How It Ends’ Review: What, You Expected Us to Tell You? 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Parker was inspired by Blake's poem America: A Prophecy, in which he wrote of "flam'd red meteors" and "terrible wandering comets". Art and science collide to reopen Whitworth gallery 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z I remember a mural of meteors and shadowed planets. In Mexico City, an itinerary built on modern architecture 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z The Leonids - one of the most prolific annual meteor showers - will be streaking across UK skies in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday. Leonid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Minnesota officials said reports of a bright light and booming sound in rural Beltrami County on Monday night were likely caused by a meteor. Bright flash, boom reported in rural Minnesota likely a meteor, officials say 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “What we are seeing is due to reentry of material—a mixture of burned-up meteors and spacecraft, which slowly coagulates to form particles that settle through the atmosphere,” he says. Space Junk Is Polluting Earth’s Stratosphere with Vaporized Metal 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z A spectacular meteor shower that is lighting up the skies for two months will peak on Saturday. Orionid meteor shower to light up the skies 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Though it was past 2 a.m., she lay them down on a blanket on the lawn to watch a meteor shower. Anne Cusack Derk, Times photographer of skill and heart, has died 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Characterised by fast, bright meteors, the best time to see it at its peak will be between midnight and dawn. Leonid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z A second, silent video posted Tuesday, taken at the Bemidji Regional Airport at about the same time as the first, also depicts a zipping dash of light consistent with meteors. Bright flash, boom reported in rural Minnesota likely a meteor, officials say 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Summer’s biggest celestial blockbuster, the Perseids meteor shower, graces the night sky through about Aug. 24. Corn, strawberry, sturgeon? Why are we suddenly obsessed with the names of full moons? 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The comet only passes Earth every 75-76 years and the next sighting will not be until 2061, but the meteor shower is annual. Orionid meteor shower to light up the skies 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z She steals an electromagnet from the junkyard in order to snag a meteor out of the sky during a shower, for vaguely nefarious power-mad reasons. Review: In 'PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie,' a well-funded dog army saves the day 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z While you'll need clear skies to see them, the meteors will be visible across much of the northern hemisphere. Leonid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z It was a fireball – a bright meteor – falling to Earth. 2021 Year in Review: Incredible Science Stories 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Historically, most UFOs are astronomical objects such as meteors, fireballs and the planet Venus. NASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Meteor showers are named after the star constellation from where the meteors appear to come from. Orionid meteor shower to light up the skies 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z But when the magnet malfunctions, the meteor crashes right into the PAW Patrol tower. Review: In 'PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie,' a well-funded dog army saves the day 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Dr Wibisono said that the Moon will set early in the evening on Friday, meaning that the sky will be dark and - weather permitting - there will be a higher chance of seeing meteors. Leonid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Centuries ago no one knew what exactly they were; the term “meteor” comes from the Greek for—literally, if somewhat vaguely—“thing high up.” The Science of Shooting Stars 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z For one, scientists have realized that the comet might be connected to a small meteor shower called the Sigma-Hydrids, which occurs in mid-December. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The meteors can be seen across the sky, so if you can, choose a wide open space so you can scan the skies with your eyes. Orionid meteor shower to light up the skies 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The third branch is the expeditions to find the remnants of interstellar meteors, and the first one was from 2014. Astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses UFOs, alien life and his controversial interstellar research 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z "I think the great thing about meteor showers is that they are easy to see, you don't need equipment, all you need to do is look up." Leonid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Mind you, the brightest part of this phenomenon—that is, the luminous apparition that is the meteor itself—usually lasts only a second or less. The Science of Shooting Stars 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Most meteor showers are the result of Earth passing through the leftover debris shed by comets—that is, the scattered remnants of their previously ejected tails, which accumulate along a comet’s orbital trajectory. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z A meteor has been filmed streaking across the night sky in Turkey. Spectacular meteor streaks across night sky in Turkey 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z We recovered the materials from that meteor in the form of spherules — molten droplets from the surface of the object. Astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses UFOs, alien life and his controversial interstellar research 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Droplets of once-molten material, spherules routinely form in explosions of ordinary meteors, and also in volcanic eruptions. Did interstellar debris fall to the sea floor? Claim meets sea of doubt 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Eyewitnesses may think every meteor they see is bound to strike the ground and leave behind a smoldering crater, but that’s just an illusion born of perspective. The Science of Shooting Stars 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Those pint-sized pieces of cosmic dust burn up as they enter Earth’s atmosphere, producing a meteor shower’s distinctive glowing streaks. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Several media outlets said Sunrise would be the best place to see the Perseid meteor shower, and thousands of people came, far more than the park could support without causing ecological damage. Mount Rainier proved too popular among stargazers | Op-Ed 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z We found that the spherules along the meteor path have an unusual composition that suggests that they came from outside the solar system. Astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses UFOs, alien life and his controversial interstellar research 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Finally, the central pillar of Loeb’s argument that the meteor was interstellar—its high speed—does not seem to be as certain as Space Command’s 99.999% estimate. Did interstellar debris fall to the sea floor? Claim meets sea of doubt 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z But meteors, of course, don’t actually originate in the air. The Science of Shooting Stars 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Astronomers hope that an uptick in Sigma-Hydrid activity this year, shortly after the comet’s apparition, could confirm it as the source of these meteors. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z People gathered at the Phrygian Valley in Turkey to watch the Perseid meteor shower. AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z While recording the annual Perseid meteor shower from Hawaii, this camera happened to capture a parade of satellites. Meteor shower and satellite 'train' caught on film 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Desch says a meteor hitting the atmosphere at 45 kilometers per second would probably be completely vaporized, leaving barely any solid debris at all. Did interstellar debris fall to the sea floor? Claim meets sea of doubt 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z When Earth plows through these debris clouds, we can see many meteors, and because of perspective, they all appear to radiate from one point in the sky. The Science of Shooting Stars 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z “This is the most significant extinction since a meteor slammed into Earth and wiped out all the big dinosaurs. It’s probably the first pulse of the extinction crisis that we’re in today,” Lindsey said. Wildfires once fueled extinctions in Southern California. Will it happen again? 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Most of what they have learned about Mars came from InSight’s sensitive seismometer, placed on the surface to measure the minuscule vibrations from small marsquakes and meteor impacts reverberating around and through the planet. Days on Mars Are Getting Shorter 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z When the debris collides with the Earth's atmosphere at high speeds, it burns, resulting in flashes across the skies, or a meteor shower. Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be In Full Glory On August 13 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Space Command located the meteor’s track to an 11-kilometer-wide square of ocean. Did interstellar debris fall to the sea floor? Claim meets sea of doubt 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Stargazers are in for a treat on Saturday night when the Perseid meteor shower lights up the sky. Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z A fleet of UFOs, a bizarre alignment of meteors, a drone show: These are just a few of the things SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have been mistaken for of late. Video captures parade of Starlink satellites 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z This weekend, August 12–13, is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, which offers dozens of “shooting stars” per hour. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z The Perseid meteor shower is considered one of the best for several reasons. Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be In Full Glory On August 13 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Over 2 weeks, Loeb and colleagues dragged a sled covered with neodymium magnets along the sea floor, 2 kilometers down, hoping the magnets would pick up metallic meteor fragments. Did interstellar debris fall to the sea floor? Claim meets sea of doubt 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The phenomenon brings up to dozens of meteors an hour, created when debris from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle collides with the Earth's atmosphere and burns up. Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z The Perseids — one of the biggest meteor showers we can see — occur every year in the late summer. The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it’s even better this year 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z It is one of the best, most reliable meteor showers. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Also, the dust particles are large enough to create "fireballs" — meteors as bright as Jupiter and Venus. Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be In Full Glory On August 13 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Flaming debris was seen blazing across the night sky in Melbourne on Monday, sparking a flurry of social media posts questioning if it was a meteor. Fiery ‘meteor’ over Australia likely Russian rocket 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z It is considered one of the best astronomical events because it produces bright meteors and is one of the most active. Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z The Perseids get their name from the constellation Perseus, because the meteors’ paths appear to start out from this point in the sky. The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it’s even better this year 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The necessity of darkness should be obvious: most meteors are so faint that you need a decently dark sky to see them. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z That's when the meteors' pace increases to between 50 and 100 an hour. Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be In Full Glory On August 13 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z But despite the growing interest, multiple investigations have found no evidence that UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin – other than the occasional meteor or misidentification of Venus. Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z This year, Nasa's All Sky Fireball Network, which observes meteors using a network of cameras, detected the first Perseid meteor of the year on 26 July. Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Starting around 11 p.m. local time Saturday, a few meteors will start to show up — maybe one every 15 minutes, Cooke estimated. The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it’s even better this year 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Even at its peak, showers of meteors such as the Perseids will only produce perhaps one shooting star per minute, and even half that number is considered a decent show. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z While often called "shooting stars," meteors are remains of cosmic dust and dirt shed by comets traveling through the area. Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be In Full Glory On August 13 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The story began In April 2019, when I found what’s thought to be the first known interstellar meteor, hiding in plain sight in publicly accessible data sourced from the U.S. government. Have We Found Fragments of a Meteor from Another Star? 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z According to the organisation, all that is needed to see the meteors is "clear sky, darkness, and a bit of patience", adding the meteors should be visible in all directions across the sky. Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z They’ll keep picking up the pace until before dawn on Sunday, when “you’ll see meteors appear all over the place,” he said. The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it’s even better this year 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z So don’t expect anything like meteor showers in the movies, where shooting stars streak across the sky every few seconds. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z It takes between 10 and 15 minutes for the eyes to adjust to the dark skies and then about as long to observe a flashing meteor. Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be In Full Glory On August 13 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Working with my then-adviser, the Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, I analyzed the U.S. government data to show how the trajectory and other properties of IM’s fireball were consistent with the meteor having an interstellar origin. Have We Found Fragments of a Meteor from Another Star? 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z It is called a 'Perseid' meteor shower because the meteors appear to originate from the constellation of Perseus - named after a figure from Greek mythology. Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z With only a sliver of moon in the sky, conditions this year will be ideal for seeing lots of meteors. The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it’s even better this year 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z When it takes a minute or two between meteors, each one becomes a bit more special—and surprising. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Oh and one other thing: Large meteors plunging into the ocean from outer space can also cause tsunamis. Opinion: Here's one more thing to worry about in California — tsunamis 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Or do they belong to the background population of spherules from “local” solar system meteors, which have accumulated on the seafloor over geological time? Have We Found Fragments of a Meteor from Another Star? 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z There is also a high chance of seeing fireballs, which are very bright meteors, as well as meteors with long trains. Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z That’s good news because a bright moon can make it harder to spot the meteors. The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it’s even better this year 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Over time, the bits of rock sloughed off the comet drift away from its orbital path, so the meteors spread out in space. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z I still struggle with anxiety but I’m also in a tender, strong relationship — so strong I bet it could withstand a meteor. L.A. Affairs: He treated me how I wished I could treat myself 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The discovery of material from an interstellar meteor would be an enormous scientific achievement. Have We Found Fragments of a Meteor from Another Star? 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z According to the Royal Astronomical Society, meteor showers are easy to watch and no special equipment is needed. Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z NASA’s Planetary Defense Office said in an email, however, that the beam of light was a bright meteor, less than a meter in size, that fell through the sky. Aliens in Las Vegas? NASA says no 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z What you probably don’t think of is a meteor of any size landing on your house. A Meteorite Fell in Their Bedroom. Here’s What Happened Next 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Famous for its meteor crater and observatory, the town is hosting a convention for young scientists when a UFO disrupts the celebrations and upends attendees' lives. Stars come out for Cannes premiere of Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z To say we were looking for a needle in a haystack would be a profound understatement; seeking tiny pieces of a meteor on the seafloor is actually much harder. Have We Found Fragments of a Meteor from Another Star? 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Residents in north-east Australia caught a glimpse of what scientists believed to be a meteor on Saturday evening. Watch: Green flash as meteor blazes across night sky 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z The meteor was recorded on the American Meteor Society’s Fireball logs, but it did not make the logs for NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Aliens in Las Vegas? NASA says no 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z On the other hand, cataclysmic events, such as volcanic eruptions and meteor strikes that obliterate life, can result in devastating losses of diversity. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The lack of a visible moon means darker skies at night, which allows for better stargazing and more visible meteor showers. Get ready for a ‘black moon’ this month 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Police said the rock may be related to the Eta Aquariids meteor shower, which peaked last week. Possible meteorite crashes into New Jersey home 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z And last year, scientists found water on nakhlites, or Martian meteors that struck Earth roughly 11 million years ago, although there is debate over whether the water originated on Mars or not. Everything we thought we knew about Mars' moon Deimos could be wrong 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z It doesn’t have to be the night of a big event like the Perseid meteor shower, and you don’t have to start by trying to track down a hard-to-find phenomenon like the Crab nebula. Advice | Teaching your kids to love the night sky, no telescope required 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Skies darkened and temperatures fell as a large meteor impact and tons of volcanic ash blocked incoming sunlight. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A major meteor shower is peaking this weekend. Baseball Has Changed 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Observers of the shower can see up to 50 meteors per hour in the sky. Possible meteorite crashes into New Jersey home 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Some Hoosiers were alerted to the bright flash and sonic boom of a falling meteor at around 8:45 p.m. Meteor, part of the Lyrid shower, caused a bright flash and sonic boom in Indiana 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z There, you may be able to spot meteor showers, dimmer stars, harder-to-see planets and maybe even the gorgeous Milky Way. Advice | Teaching your kids to love the night sky, no telescope required 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The first major meteor shower of the spring is the Lyrids. Watch the Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak During a New Moon 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z This year, the Lyrid meteor shower will peak on the evening of Saturday, April 22. How to see the Lyrid meteor shower at its peak 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The Lyrid meteor shower, which began in the night sky April 15, is expected to peak Sunday evening into Monday morning, although it will remain visible until the morning of April 29. Lyrid meteor shower, peaking Sunday night to Monday morning, could feature fireballs 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The fireball from the meteor, part of the Lyrid shower, was bright enough to show up on National Weather Service lightning mappers. Meteor, part of the Lyrid shower, caused a bright flash and sonic boom in Indiana 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z This week you’ll have a chance to enjoy the Lyrids meteor shower, famous for sending particularly bright and large meteors known as “fireballs” shooting through the night sky. Behind the Story: A Looming Hollywood Writers’ Strike 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The bright star Arcturus is emerging, several planets are out and, in the month’s final week, we’re treated to the Lyrid meteor shower. April night sky boasts bright emerging star, Mercury and a meteor shower 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The best views of the meteors happen when the sky is dark and moonless. How to see the Lyrid meteor shower at its peak 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The pieces of space debris that interact with our atmosphere to form the meteors in the shower come from the comet Thatcher, discovered in 1861. Lyrid meteor shower, peaking Sunday night to Monday morning, could feature fireballs 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Hamilton County Emergency Management in Indiana said that no damage or injury was suffered as a result of the meteor. Meteor, part of the Lyrid shower, caused a bright flash and sonic boom in Indiana 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z "The ship will be coming in like a meteor," Musk said. Elon Musk's SpaceX set for debut flight of Starship rocket system to space 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The bright light of the moon, which was full last week, shouldn’t interfere with the annual Lyrid meteor shower, which peaks on the morning of the 23rd. April night sky boasts bright emerging star, Mercury and a meteor shower 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z In “Your Name,” a meteor threatens to demolish a village, an event that dovetails with a body-switching romance. The anime hit ‘Suzume’ and Shinkai’s cinema of cataclysm 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z It is named for the constellation Lyra, the Harp, which is where meteors from the shower appear to emanate for observers on Earth. Lyrid meteor shower, peaking Sunday night to Monday morning, could feature fireballs 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The agency also said that pilots in neighboring Kentucky to the south had seen a meteor to their north. Meteor, part of the Lyrid shower, caused a bright flash and sonic boom in Indiana 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The Lyrids meteor shower becomes active on April 15, and reaches peak activity on the night of April 22 into the morning of April 23. April Space Events: Artemis Astronauts, a Journey to Jupiter and More 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z The radiant point in the sky for this shower, where the meteors appear to emanate from, is in the diminutive constellation of Lyra, the Harp, near the bright star Vega. April night sky boasts bright emerging star, Mercury and a meteor shower 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The painter, his uncle Bradford Boobis, had died hours earlier, an event Mr. Chanin described in a recent interview as like a “meteor dropping out of space.” The Aspiring Cult Leader’s Missing Art and the Nephew Obsessed With His Legacy 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Your eyes will adjust in 30 minutes and you will begin to see meteors, but be patient: The best show could be just before dawn. Lyrid meteor shower, peaking Sunday night to Monday morning, could feature fireballs 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The Lyrid meteor shower is falling over central Indiana, with the peak of meteor volume expected to come Saturday and Sunday night. Meteor, part of the Lyrid shower, caused a bright flash and sonic boom in Indiana 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z While we are not entirely certain what caused the explosion in the sky, the chief culprit is considered a meteor air burst triggered by an asteroid similar in size to 2023 DW. This asteroid is most likely to hit Earth, with a possible impact on Valentine's Day 2046 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z As with most meteor showers, this one is produced by the dust sputtered off a comet, and is best seen in the early morning hours when the Earth runs headlong into the meteoroid stream. April night sky boasts bright emerging star, Mercury and a meteor shower 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Other hypotheses link the Devonian extinctions to massive volcanic eruptions, meteor impacts or disrupted ocean currents. Tree Roots May Have Set Off a Mass Extinction 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Though he didn’t purchase the business at the time, he and his wife stayed at the lodge a year later to watch a meteor shower — and it was still for sale, Sharp said. Beloved Sierra lodge destroyed by possible gas fire after historic winter storms 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z A meteor less than half the size of 2023 DW exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, 10 years ago, causing a shock wave that blew out windows across 200 square miles and injured roughly 1,500 people. Asteroid headed toward Earth may arrive on Valentine's Day 2046 - Nasa 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z In contrast, the Chelyabinsk meteor — which exploded over Russia on February 15, 2013 and damaged over 7,200 buildings and hospitalized 112 people — was less than half that size. This asteroid is most likely to hit Earth, with a possible impact on Valentine's Day 2046 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z A meteor less than half the size of 2023 DW exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013, generating a shock wave that damaged thousands of buildings and injured roughly 1,500 people. Newfound Asteroid May Strike Earth in 2046, NASA Says 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Going out under that velvet vault and watching a meteor shower or a lunar eclipse is a wonderful way to spend time with family and friends, or to simply decompress. Light Pollution Is Dimming Our View of the Sky, and It’s Getting Worse 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Some tune in to watch meteors streak across the sky. Camera captures night sky spiral after SpaceX rocket launch 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Baseballs began whistling at him like meteors, but Wasserman never flinched. At 88, fastballs are flying at him, and this slugger is swinging for the fences 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Dating men was like trying to find hay in a needle stack, but dating women reminded me of a meteor shower in Palm Springs I stayed up to watch years ago. L.A. Affairs: I love my husband but I also love dating women 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Tucson’s crater-like monument notwithstanding, these impacts feel less like the strikes of meteors than the devastations of a cancer devouring us from within. How a new Tucson memorial found a way to mourn mass-shooting victims 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z An apparent meteor has been spotted lighting up the sky across England. Meteor lights up skies over England 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The Quadrantids’ maximum activity will happen close to a full moon this year — bad news for those interested in seeing many meteors. Jan. 3-4: The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across the sky as a meteor flies overhead. How to watch meteor showers 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Loeb has hired "world class experts" from past ocean expeditions to reserve a boat and hopes to collect fragments from the meteor by May 2023. Why aliens were in the news so much in 2022 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z They have ruled out the impact of a meteor. Russia may send empty Soyuz to bring ISS crew home 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The Met Office tweeted at 20:15 GMT: "Reports of a meteor in the sky over the UK just now. If you managed to take any footage we'd love to see it". Meteor lights up skies over England 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Our region’s night skies gave us plenty to wish for in 2022, from super moons and planetary alignments to meteor showers pushing worldly troubles from our minds. Celestial treats to watch for from the Seattle area in 2023 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z But on special dates scattered throughout the year, skywatchers can catch a multitude of flares as meteor showers burst in the darkness. How to watch meteor showers 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z “If a meteor hits the Yucatán Peninsula, that’s a pretty good marker,” Dr. Edwards said. For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Plan to stay up late Tuesday as one of the most visible meteor showers of the year will be passing through the night sky. Strongest meteor shower of the year will be visible Tuesday night 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Tuesday night into Wednesday morning will be one of the special dates scattered throughout each year when skywatchers can catch a meteor shower as a multitude of flares potentially burst in the darkness. Geminid Meteor Shower: How and When to Watch It Peak 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z “The Perseid meteor shower in August might just be the most famous,” Goss said, as summer weather conditions are typically ideal for viewing. Celestial treats to watch for from the Seattle area in 2023 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The regularity of orbital mechanics means that any given meteor shower happens at roughly the same time each year, with the changing phases of the bright moon being the main variable affecting their visibility. How to watch meteor showers 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z “Like meteors, we returned to the embrace of the motherland.” 3 Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6-month mission 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The Geminids are typically one of the strongest meteor showers on the calendar, according to the American Meteor Society. Strongest meteor shower of the year will be visible Tuesday night 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Viewers in northern latitudes should have about three hours to see them after the sun sets but before the moon rises, when they can expect perhaps five to 10 meteors per hour. Geminid Meteor Shower: How and When to Watch It Peak 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Every year in mid-August, the shower peaks, producing up to 100 meteors an hour, according to NASA. Celestial treats to watch for from the Seattle area in 2023 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The coming year should be a good one for meteor lovers. How to watch meteor showers 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z A waning gibbous moon rises before 10 p.m., and it may wash out some meteors. Skywatch: Mars brightens in early December, and Geminids peak mid-month 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The meteors are typically bright and intensely colored; however, because the meteors are on the slower side, observers won’t be able to see persistent trains streaking across the sky. Strongest meteor shower of the year will be visible Tuesday night 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z I let several years pass before I picked up my first Octavia Butler book, “Parable of the Sower,” but it hit me like a meteor. An Octavia Butler story 10 years in the making — and even more relevant now 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z He has regularly hosted meteor shower parties with rooftop fireworks. Earth Now Has 8 Billion Humans. This Man Wishes There Were None. 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z To see as many meteors as possible, wait 30 to 45 minutes after you get to your viewing location. How to watch meteor showers 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z An unusually bright meteor lit up the sky over southwest Norway on Saturday night. Watch meteor light up night sky in Norway 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The moon being at 72% fullness will also outshine the meteor shower for some. Strongest meteor shower of the year will be visible Tuesday night 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The Minor Planet Center, which tracks objects in the solar system, said the meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 3:27 a.m. Fireball Flashes Above Ontario and Parts of the U.S. 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z The Leonid meteor shower is set to light up the night's sky in the early hours of Friday. Leonid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Each shower peaks on a certain date when Earth is plowing into the densest portion of the debris field, though in some cases many meteors can still be seen before or after that specific night. How to watch meteor showers 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z The meteor - sometimes called a bolide for its particularly intense brightness - could be seen by much of southern Norway. Watch meteor light up night sky in Norway 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z After about 30 minutes of looking at the night sky, viewers’ eyes should adjust and they will begin to see meteors. Strongest meteor shower of the year will be visible Tuesday night 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z He said messages about the meteor had started circulating about three hours earlier. Fireball Flashes Above Ontario and Parts of the U.S. 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z The best time to spot the Leonids, one of the more prolific annual meteor showers, will be from midnight to dawn. Leonid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z An astronomer from Oxfordshire has been locked out of her Twitter account since August 2022, when she shared a video of a meteor which was flagged by the site's automated moderation tools. Astronomer in Twitter limbo over 'intimate' meteor 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The fireball, caused by the meteor burning up in the atmosphere, caused concerned Norwegians to call the police. Watch meteor light up night sky in Norway 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Small pieces of the asteroid break off during the course of its orbit, which is the source of the Geminid meteor shower passing through Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. Strongest meteor shower of the year will be visible Tuesday night 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Hankey said astronomers do not know the size of the meteor on Saturday. Fireball Flashes Above Ontario and Parts of the U.S. 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z You'll need clear skies to see the meteors and they won't just be visible in the UK, but across much of the northern hemisphere. Leonid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z An “Earth grazer” is a meteor that scrapes across the upper atmosphere horizontally, creating a bright, slow-burning streak across the sky. Trying to see the Leonid meteor shower from WA? Here’s what to know 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The Norwegian Meteorological Institute says the meteor belongs to an annual shower called the northern Taurids. Watch meteor light up night sky in Norway 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z A meteor that shot across the Northern California sky Friday night may have caused a residential fire that burned a home to the ground in Nevada County, firefighters said. Meteor may have caused fire that destroyed California home, firefighters say 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z A meteor is what a meteoroid, a small piece of asteroid or a comet, becomes when it enters Earth’s atmosphere. Fireball Flashes Above Ontario and Parts of the U.S. 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z And then some intervening event occurs like a stray meteor that both disrupts and attaches the rings. How Vietnam changed me — and changed America 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z This shower’s name comes from the constellation Leo the Lion, according to EarthSky, because the meteors radiate outward from the vicinity of stars representing the Lion’s Mane. Trying to see the Leonid meteor shower from WA? Here’s what to know 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor, but fragments that survive the journey to reach the ground are called meteorites. Watch meteor light up night sky in Norway 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The timing was consistent with reports of a meteor hitting a house causing a fire. Meteor may have caused fire that destroyed California home, firefighters say 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Taurid meteor orbits are determined by the gravity of other planets in our solar system, mainly Jupiter. The ‘meteors of Halloween’ are back this year. What to know about spotting a fireball 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z The American Meteor Society notes that some astronomers think the Earth may go through a heavier-than-expected dusty trail for this year’s Leonids, and gazers may be treated to more than 50 meteors an hour. Skywatch: November brings a Thanksgiving-like bounty in the heavens 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Higher-resolution images showed that the meteor carved a crater about 500 feet wide at the center of the blast zone and even kicked up water ice from below the surface. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z We drove into the national park — where Uluru rises out of the earth like a half-sunk meteor — and then continued on, reluctantly leaving it and asphalt behind. Feral camels, deadly crashes: Can Australia tame its remote Outback Way? Thomas said the department is investigating whether the fire was caused by the meteor, but no official determinations are expected for weeks. Meteor may have caused fire that destroyed California home, firefighters say 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The increase in activity typically occurs during the last week of October and the first week of November, so Taurid swarms are also known as “the meteors of Halloween.” The ‘meteors of Halloween’ are back this year. What to know about spotting a fireball 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z After hitting the outbound trail of Halley’s comet in May, Earth every October runs into the debris the comet leaves as it heads toward the sun, producing the Orionid meteor shower. Orionid Meteor Shower: How and When to Watch It Peak in Night Skies 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Now that they had definitively identified the seismic signals from a meteor impact, the InSight scientists went back through their data to see if any earlier marsquakes were actually meteor impacts. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Each year, Earth crosses through these trails of debris, resulting in two annual meteor showers: the Aquarids in May and the Orionids in mid- to late October. Orionid meteor shower created by Halley's Comet peaks this week. Here's how to catch a glimpse 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Firefighters on scene were approached by members of the public who reported that they believed the fire was connected to the meteor shower. Meteor may have caused fire that destroyed California home, firefighters say 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Contrails Contrails often are confused with “slow-moving meteors,” “unannounced comets” or other sorts of strange UFOs, according to EarthSky.org. An Eastern WA man records 180,000 UFO sightings, even if others debunk them 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Accordingly, the sightings were made in the observatory's test mode during a planned meteor observation, and the results were not discussed or reviewed with the observatory. Physicist Avi Loeb: UFOs over Ukraine are not as weird as they seem 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z The discovery will help scientists better understand what is inside Mars and serves as a reminder that just like Earth, Mars gets whacked by meteors too. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Let’s dive into the cosmos in celebration of the Perseid meteor shower, which will peak Friday and Saturday. Orionid meteor shower created by Halley's Comet peaks this week. Here's how to catch a glimpse 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z He said about 1,500 meteors that connect with Earth hit land per year and most of those land in unoccupied areas. Meteor may have caused fire that destroyed California home, firefighters say 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Fireballs Says the astronomy site EarthSky.org, “A meteor — or a piece of debris from space — might leave a strange-looking trail … “ They can be so bright, they can briefly light up the night sky. An Eastern WA man records 180,000 UFO sightings, even if others debunk them 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The bright hunter’s moon will wash out the Draconid meteor shower on Oct. ‘Hunter’s moon’ should be visible from Seattle this weekend 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Unlike Earth, though, where meteors usually disintegrate in the atmosphere, rocks from space slam into Mars largely intact. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The best time to view the Orionid meteor shower will be between 4:40 and 5:40 a.m., according to the Griffith Observatory’s website. Orionid meteor shower created by Halley's Comet peaks this week. Here's how to catch a glimpse 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “Everything we know about it is indirect,” says Denis Vida, a meteor astronomer at Western University who led the new study. Fireball from Solar System’s edge isn’t what astronomers expected 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Even smaller asteroids can do serious damage: Think of the 10-ton meteor that exploded over Russia in 2013 and injured 1,200 people. Opinion | NASA’s asteroid-hitting mission is a call to action 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Would humans be prepared if a comet or meteor was suddenly aimed right at us? NASA pulls a "Deep Impact" as its spacecraft collides with an asteroid 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z When InSight — a shortening of Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport — landed in November 2018, scientists expected to observe not only marsquakes but also a few meteor impacts a year. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z It will last for just a brief moment, he said, but it will leave behind what looks like a “trail of light,” which is actually the meteor burning through the atmosphere’s air. Orionid meteor shower created by Halley's Comet peaks this week. Here's how to catch a glimpse 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Scientists are using video footage captured by the public to work out whether the object travelling across the night sky was a meteor or space junk, and where it came from. Hundreds spot fireball shooting across night sky 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z One gynecologist had described for the court that physicians were “bracing for the impact of this law, as if it is a large meteor headed towards Idaho.” Lawyer’s mission: Translate Tenn.’s bewildering abortion ban 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z The orbits of planets, asteroids, meteors, and comets about the Sun are no less interesting. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Instead, for more than three years, they saw no meteor strikes at all in the seismic data. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Was it due to a meteor slamming into Earth near the coast of modern-day Mexico, or was it from some long-term weather cycle that is not yet understood? Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Space debris that enters Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor, but fragments that survive the burning journey to reach the ground are called meteorites. Hundreds spot fireball shooting across night sky 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z But so far, a meteor impact is the most likely to be the origin story. African Crater Adds an Asteroid Strike to the Late Dinosaur Era 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Last month, scientists reported identifying four small meteor strikes within a couple hundred miles of InSight based on chirps of sound as rocks entered the Martian atmosphere. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The meteor shower coincided with a full moon this year that dimmed the meteors, but provided its own beauty for the watchers. AP PHOTOS: Stargazers watch meteors at ancient Turkish site 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z "I was sitting in my living room at exactly 22:00 and I saw out of the widow due south this brilliant fireball - this meteor - streaking across the sky," he said. Hundreds spot fireball shooting across night sky 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z As each of the larger dust or rock particles enters Earth’s atmosphere, it creates a brief fiery trail; this is often called a shooting star, but it is properly known as a meteor. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Such impacts “occur every 50,000 to 100,000 years,” Dr. Kring said, meaning as many as a dozen meteors of similar size slammed into Earth in the twilight years of the dinosaur era. African Crater Adds an Asteroid Strike to the Late Dinosaur Era 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Now, they also know of larger meteor strikes farther away. When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Some Reddit users digging into Saturday’s noise suggested the meteor’s passage may have been predicted decades ago. The source of a resounding boom over Salt Lake City? Probably a meteor. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z "It's just a wonderful, beautiful thing. We getting shooting stars, meteors all the time." Hundreds spot fireball shooting across night sky 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Over the entire Earth, the total number of meteors bright enough to be visible totals about 25 million per day. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z With all this information at hand, Hughes drew a potential connection between green fireballs—which can be caused by fast-moving meteors—and ball lightning. NASA’s UFO Study Isn’t Really Looking for Space Aliens 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z But within a few hours, forecasters at the National Weather Service said they had solved the mystery: It was simply a meteor hurtling through the air. What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z On Aug. 10, 1972, a meteor that came to be known as the “Great Daylight Fireball” entered the atmosphere over Utah and traveled hundreds of miles into Canada before reentering space. The source of a resounding boom over Salt Lake City? Probably a meteor. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The Perseids meteor shower, one of the most popular of the year, will peak Thursday night into Friday morning. How to View the Last Supermoon of the Year 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z But you are likely to see shower meteors anywhere in the sky, not just in the constellation of the radiant. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The meteors’ trails of particles, he postulated, might mediate an electrical connection between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface, charging the ground and sparking the emission of a tumbling orb of plasma. NASA’s UFO Study Isn’t Really Looking for Space Aliens 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The governor said a meteor was “likely the best theory.” What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The flashes did not appear to be consistent with any thunderstorm activity in the area, meaning it was more than likely that the satellite had picked up on a passing meteor. The source of a resounding boom over Salt Lake City? Probably a meteor. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z It’s not going to be the best year to see the Perseids meteor shower; outshining much of the view will be the last supermoon of the year, the full sturgeon moon. Supermoon likely to outshine Perseids meteor shower 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z No shower meteor has ever survived its flight through the atmosphere and been recovered for laboratory analysis. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Thursday night into Friday morning will be one of the special dates scattered throughout each year when skywatchers can catch a meteor shower as a multitude of flares potentially burst in the darkness. How to Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z However, the Weather Service said that the pixels were not related to thunderstorms but were instead “likely the meteor trail/flash.” What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Ultimately, video evidence from Utah’s Snowbasin ski resort provided all but absolute proof that Saturday’s boom was caused by a meteor. The source of a resounding boom over Salt Lake City? Probably a meteor. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Mike McFarland, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Seattle, said people might be able to see a few meteors, if they’re lucky. Supermoon likely to outshine Perseids meteor shower 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Analysis of the flight paths of meteors shows that most of them are very light or porous, with densities typically less than 1.0 g/cm3. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Getting to dark skies and waiting until the early hours of the morning might still allow you to see between 15 and 20 meteors per hour. How to Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z “We’ve now got video confirmation of the meteor heard across northern Utah, southern Idaho and elsewhere this morning,” the Weather Service said on Twitter. What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z A few cameras managed to capture a fireball, which is a larger than a normal meteor, flying over Utah’s scenic skies that same morning. The source of a resounding boom over Salt Lake City? Probably a meteor. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z He’d stay up all night, facing north or northeast, where the constellation Perseus rises, and see hundreds of meteors, of which a dozen or so were stunners. Supermoon likely to outshine Perseids meteor shower 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Such light particles break up very easily in the atmosphere, accounting for the failure of even relatively large shower meteors to reach the ground. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z “The technical term for a shooting star is a ‘meteor,’ ” says Carrie Nugent, a planetary scientist at the Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts and author of the book “Asteroid Hunters.” Perseids are the year’s best meteor shower 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z The meteor spotting coincided with the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, which peaked Thursday night into early Friday morning. What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z According to local reports, area meteorologists used lightning-tracking satellite technology to confirm that the boom was most likely caused by a meteor. The source of a resounding boom over Salt Lake City? Probably a meteor. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z But those things are no match for tons of metal hurtling like meteors through roads and boulevards. Column: Speeding, racing, street takeovers and the deadly toll on L.A. streets 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z A collection of articles on meteor observing from Sky & Telescope magazine. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z To understand where meteors come from, we need to first understand a few other objects found in space. Perseids are the year’s best meteor shower 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Hankey said that several people had reported seeing the meteor and then a “delayed” boom, which happens when the object “penetrates deep into the atmosphere.” What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Friday night into Saturday morning will be one of the special dates scattered throughout each year when skywatchers can catch a meteor shower as a multitude of flares potentially burst in the darkness. Watch the Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Since 1985, buckyball-shaped carbon molecules have been found in nature in some ancient geological formations, possibly delivered by meteors, and in sooty flames. Robert Curl, Nobel-winning chemist in ‘buckyball’ discovery, dies at 88 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Then look at the table of well-known meteor showers in this chapter and report on what phase the Moon will be in during each shower. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Most meteors disintegrate before they reach Earth, but sometimes a piece of rock is big and strong enough to crash where we can find it. Perseids are the year’s best meteor shower 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Since the meteor registered on the lightning map, Mr. Hankey said it was “significantly” bright. What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The regularity of orbital mechanics means that any given meteor shower happens at roughly the same time each year. Watch the Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z They form when water vapor congregates around specks of meteor dust floating in the mesosphere and freezes, forming ice crystals. Rare clouds that glow in the dark are the most vibrant in 15 years 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z To be visible, a meteor must be within about 200 kilometers of the observer. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z As for the best way to see meteors, Nugent has a few tips. Perseids are the year’s best meteor shower 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z He added that it was possible, based on the delayed booms, that the meteor landed on the ground. What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The Southern Delta Aquariids are predicted to produce between 15 to 20 meteors per hour under dark skies, and are best seen around 3 a.m. Watch the Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z “Kinky Boots” was going about its business Friday night at the Hollywood Bowl when a meteor hit the stage and set the musical on fire. Review: Wayne Brady sashays to the rescue in 'Kinky Boots' at the Hollywood Bowl 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z On a typical dark, moonless night, an alert observer can see half a dozen meteors per hour. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z “My pro astronomer tip is that the best way to see a meteor shower is with a friend and a mug of hot chocolate. That way, the time passes a little bit faster,” says Nugent. Perseids are the year’s best meteor shower 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z This is not the first time in recent memory that a meteor has caused brief panic or confusion. What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z And there are more meteor showers to come. Watch the Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z This is an animal that survived not one, but two mass-extinction events: the massive volcanic eruptions that paved the way for the dinosaurs and the meteor strike that ended their reign. Wood turtles are being poached. But Stumpy keeps surviving. 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The typical meteor is produced by a particle with a mass of less than 1 gram—no larger than a pea. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z A meteor which lit up the night sky in the Chilean capital Santiago has been caught on camera. Flash of light as meteor spotted over Chile 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z In January, a meteor was likely to have exploded over Pittsburgh and created noise similar to that in Salt Lake City. What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z In order to see as many meteors as possible, wait 30 to 45 minutes after you get to your viewing location. Watch the Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z I threw my head back in hopes of glimpsing a meteor shower. His PTSD, and My Struggle to Live With It 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Because of its high speed, the energy in a pea- sized meteor is as great as that of an artillery shell fired on Earth, but this energy is dispersed high in Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z We get a slightly closer, larger full moon at mid-month, and we may see a few meteors at month’s end. Skywatch: Early-rising Saturn leads July’s planetary parade 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z And in 2020, an explosion-like sound from a meteor was heard in Syracuse, N.Y., and the fiery, red light was seen as far as Baltimore and Ontario, according to The Baltimore Sun. What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Lunsford suggested a good rule of thumb: “The more stars you can see, the more meteors you can see.” Watch the Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Blue skies, then the meteor, then the ice age. His PTSD, and My Struggle to Live With It 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z When Earth, in its travels around the Sun, crosses such a dust stream, we see a sudden burst of meteor activity that usually lasts several hours; such an event is called a meteor shower. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The peak’s forecast is for 16 to 20 meteors an hour, according to the meteor society and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Skywatch: Early-rising Saturn leads July’s planetary parade 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z In October of last year, a boom that shook homes in New Hampshire gave rise to theories that an earthquake or an aircraft was to blame, but the sound likely came from a meteor. What’s That Sound? It’s Likely a Meteor Over Salt Lake City. 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Binoculars or telescopes aren’t necessary for meteor showers, and in fact will limit your view. Watch the Southern Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z They were talking about getting the meteor out of there. 'You can always come up with new ways to scare people': The 'visceral' horror of 'Callisto Protocol' 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The dust particles and pebbles that produce meteor showers are moving together in space before they encounter Earth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z For example, when the spacecraft is set to fly through known meteor showers, personnel can maneuver JWST's optical systems into safety for these events. Webb Telescope's Giant Mirror Struck by Micrometeoroid 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z A never-before-seen meteor shower may light up the skies with untold numbers of brilliant streaks the evening of Monday night into Tuesday morning. You May See a New Meteor Shower in Night Skies, or Nothing at All 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Keep your eyes on the cloud cover forecast for Monday night into Tuesday morning, when Earth will pass through the remnants of a comet and we could possibly see a once-in-a-lifetime meteor storm. Get ready for the possible once-in-a-lifetime meteor storm Monday 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The meteor came in and killed the dinosaurs and brought in the Ice Age and started mammals and then came man. 'You can always come up with new ways to scare people': The 'visceral' horror of 'Callisto Protocol' 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Meteor showers are often designated by the constellation in which this radiant is located: for example, the Perseid meteor shower has its radiant in the constellation of Perseus. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z However, the recent impact was not part of such a meteor shower and the statement classified it as "an unavoidable chance event." Webb Telescope's Giant Mirror Struck by Micrometeoroid 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Those are the best predictions that meteor watchers have for the Tau Herculids, a potential celestial spectacle that has sky-watching enthusiasts eager with anticipation. You May See a New Meteor Shower in Night Skies, or Nothing at All 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z If you're a fan of meteor showers and, potentially, a meteor "storm", you'll want to pay attention to the sky cover forecast for Monday night. Get ready for the possible once-in-a-lifetime meteor storm Monday 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z On the last night of May, a never-before-seen meteor shower could erupt in the skies above California. After Texas Shooting, California Lawmakers Promise to Pass More Gun Safety Laws 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The characteristics of some of the more famous meteor showers are summarized in Table 14.1. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z They note that the objects in the old photos could not be asteroids or meteors, as they would either be too dark to show up or appear like streaks. No one knows what the flickering lights are in these 1950s photographs of the night sky 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Quakes on rocky celestial bodies can be triggered by a number of different things: fault lines, volcanoes, meteor strikes and even the influence of other planets. Largest Marsquake Ever Recorded May Be InSight’s Swan Song 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is expected to peak long before dawn on May 6 at about 60 shooting stars an hour, according to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Skywatch: A late-night lunar eclipse for the eastern U.S. in mid-May 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Look for the tau Herculids meteor shower in the night sky around 10 p.m. on Monday, May 30, according to Space.com. After Texas Shooting, California Lawmakers Promise to Pass More Gun Safety Laws 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The meteoric dust is not always evenly distributed along the orbit of the comet, so during some years more meteors are seen when Earth intersects the dust stream, and in other years fewer. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z A meteor shower is not only an excuse to do nothing but reflect, but it also offers a rare glimpse into the profoundly unseen dynamics of the universe. Where and how to make the most of the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, peaking May 4-5 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z More than 30 people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi reported seeing the exceptionally bright meteor in the sky around 8 a.m. Fireball spotted over southern Mississippi, NASA confirms 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z You will probably not see 60 meteors, but if you’re patient in a dark-sky location, away from streetlights, you might see a handful. Skywatch: A late-night lunar eclipse for the eastern U.S. in mid-May 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Though a spectacle isn’t guaranteed, there’s a chance the storm could be one of the most dramatic meteor displays in more than two decades. After Texas Shooting, California Lawmakers Promise to Pass More Gun Safety Laws 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z When a fragment of interplanetary dust strikes Earth’s atmosphere, it burns up to create a meteor. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z A shock wave forms in front of the meteor and heats up the surrounding atmospheric particles. Where and how to make the most of the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, peaking May 4-5 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z But two Harvard researchers argued that this wasn’t just any space rock: It originated from another star system, they said, making it the first observed meteor of interstellar origin. Military Memo Deepens Possible Interstellar Meteor Mystery 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The parent of these dusty meteors is the famed Comet Halley. Skywatch: A late-night lunar eclipse for the eastern U.S. in mid-May 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The alliance, a collaboration between academics and citizen scientists interested in meteor observation and meteorite recovery, has appealed to the community for help tracing it. Scientists appeal to trace meteorite near Shrewsbury 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Only meteors—brief “shooting stars” that flash into view for just a few seconds—move appreciably with respect to other objects on the celestial sphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z But, the cosmos has reserved for you a moment, in the early hours between May 4 and 5, to just let go and immerse yourself in the Eta Aquarids meteor shower. Where and how to make the most of the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, peaking May 4-5 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z But what was unusual about this particular meteor was the very high speed and unusual direction at which it encountered our planet, which collectively suggested it came from interstellar space. Spy Satellites Confirmed Our Discovery of the First Meteor from the Solar System 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Most of the rock bits contain high levels of strontium and calcium — indications that they were part of the limestone crust where the meteor hit. Shards of Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs May Have Been Found in Fossil Site 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Dotted lines = aircraft, curved lines = #startrails + there are about 25 meteors. Amazon secures rockets for broadband project 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Looking only at such images, it is easy to confuse comets and meteors. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Evangelist Pat Robertson once warned a meteor would strike Orlando. How Disney fell flat in fight over LGBTQ talk in Florida’s schools 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Within days, I had identified the 2014 Manus Island fireball as a potential interstellar meteor candidate. Spy Satellites Confirmed Our Discovery of the First Meteor from the Solar System 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Dr. Kyte said that fragment, about a tenth of an inch across, came from the impact event, but other scientists were skeptical that any bits of the meteor could have survived. Shards of Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs May Have Been Found in Fossil Site 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The moment a fireball meteor appeared over the Western Isles was captured on video as an angler filmed his first fishing trip of this year. Angler catches fireball meteor in video 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z A painting depicts the great meteor shower or storm of 1833, shown with a bit of artistic license. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Whether you stargaze with an astronomy club or on your own, there’s a chance to see stars, planets, moons, and galaxies, as well as astronomical events, like comets, asteroids and meteor showers. Six stellar stargazing spots around the D.C. area 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z If the data were correct, this event would be the first interstellar meteor ever discovered. Spy Satellites Confirmed Our Discovery of the First Meteor from the Solar System 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z That suggests the dinosaur might have died the day of the meteor impact, perhaps by drowning in the floodwaters that overwhelmed Tanis. Shards of Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs May Have Been Found in Fossil Site 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The UK Meteor Observation Network said it was likely to have been a fireball - the description for a bright meteor streaking across the sky. Angler catches fireball meteor in video 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z The most dependable annual meteor display is the Perseid shower, which appears each year for about three nights near August 11. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z You won’t even need binoculars to see the sparkling sprawl of the Milky Way or meteor showers, but bring a telescope for views of a half-dozen planets and other intergalactic delights. Six stellar stargazing spots around the D.C. area 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z After several further failed attempts to pierce the veil of secrecy to the satisfaction of journal reviewers, we regretfully moved on to other research, leaving the true nature of the 2014 meteor unconfirmed. Spy Satellites Confirmed Our Discovery of the First Meteor from the Solar System 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z With little to no real atmosphere, the moon is defenseless against the constant barrage of meteors and asteroids, and the occasional incoming spacecraft, including a few intentionally crashed for science’s sake. Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z |
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