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Leonid Meteor Shower To Perform Late Tonight Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2009 
The annual Leonid meteor shower should be reaching its climax late tonight in the U.S., from about 1 a.m. your local time to dawn Tuesday morning November 17th. "Viewing conditions will be excellent, because the Moon won't be lighting the sky this year," says Alan MacRobert, senior editor of Sky and Telescope magazine. "You might see 20 or 30 meteors per hour under ideal dark-sky condition ... read moreAstronomy Question Of The Week: What Are Shooting Stars 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 17, 2009A bright line of light appears across the night sky - and popular wisdom would have us believe that any person witnessing a shooting star is entitled to make a wish. With eyes closed, that person must then make their wish, but not tell anyone else what it is. Science also takes an interest in these optical phenomena in the atmosphere, and calls them meteors. These arise whenever minute ... more
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New Moon Sets Stage For Brilliant Leonids Meteor Shower
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2009This year's Leonids meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst over Asia. The phase of the moon will be new -- setting the stage for what could be one of the best Leonid showers in years. "We're predicting 20 to 30 meteors per hour over ... more Small Asteroid 2009 VA Whizzes By The Earth 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2009A newly discovered asteroid designated 2009 VA, which is only about 7 meters in size, passed about 2 Earth radii (14,000 km) from the Earth's surface Nov. 6 at around 16:30 EST. This is the third-closest known (non-impacting) Earth approach on record for a cataloged asteroid. The two closer approaches include the 1-meter sized asteroid 2008 TS26, which passed within 6,150 km of the Earth's ... more 2012 - A Scientific Realty Check 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2009There apparently is a great deal of interest in celestial bodies, and their locations and trajectories at the end of the calendar year 2012. Now, I for one love a good book or movie as much as the next guy. But the stuff flying around through cyberspace, TV and the movies is not based on science. There is even a fake NASA news release out there... So here is the scientific reality on the ... more The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 11, 2009This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst over Asia. The phase of the Moon will be new, setting the stage for what could be one of the best Leonid showers in years. "We're predicting 20 to 30 meteors per hour over the ... more |
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Meteorite From September 25 Fireball Event Recovered And Presented
Grimsby, Canada (SPX) Oct 20, 2009When Tony Garchinski heard a loud crash just after 9 p.m. on Friday, September 25 he didn't think much of it. That is, until he awoke the next morning to find the windshield of his mom's Nissan Pathfinder with a huge crack in it. Making note of the 'unusual' rocks he later found on the car's hood, Garchinski chalked the incident up to vandalism and filed a police report. It wasn't until ... more Meteorite smashes windshield 
Grimsby, Ontario (UPI) Oct 17, 2009 An Ontario man thought vandals had smashed his mother's car windshield with rocks but it turned out the rocks came from a meteorite, officials in Canada said. The meteorite's fireball lit up the sky over Ontario Sept. 25 with a light 100 times brighter than the moon. Researchers at the University of Western Ontario tracked the remains of the fireball to Grimsby, Ontario, where ... more What's Behind The 2012 Doomsday Craze 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2009On December 21, 2012, Earth's magnetic poles will not flip, California will not break apart and slide into the sea, and a secret monster planet will not smash into Earth out of the invisible nowhere. But every week, more and more people are coming to believe such things will happen - thanks to a spectacular blend of bad astronomy, bad Maya ethnography, several popular books, and spreading ... more NASA downgrades threat of catastrophic asteroid collision 
Washington (AFP) Oct 7, 2009NASA on Wednesday sharply downgraded the threat that a massive asteroid could slam into Earth in 2036. Apophis, which captured widespread attention when it was discovered in 2004 and it was learned that it might pose a threat to Earth, is two and a half times the size of a football field. There is now a one-in-250,000 chance of a collision with Earth in 2036 -- sharply down from an ... more |
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