Amazing photos of the 2021 Perseid meteor shower space.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from space.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How to Watch the Perseids Meteor Shower the Ultimate Celestial Event of the Summer People 1 hr ago
Summer is quickly passing by but not without the ultimate meteor shower event!
The 2021 Perseids Meteor Shower, which is considered to be the best meteor shower of the year, is expected to start lighting up skies on Wednesday, according to NASA.
Known for fireballs, which are larger explosions of light and color that last longer than an average meteor streak, the Perseids typically light up skies on warm summer nights, leaving long wakes of light and color behind them, the space agency reported.
Debris from Halley s Comet to light up the sky this week cbsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Vermont Meteor s Violent Explosion Causes Earth Tremors Detected by NASA
On 3/9/21 at 6:19 AM EST
The meteor that exploded over the state of Vermont on the evening of March 7 was detected by ground-based seismometers, NASA has said. The space rock violently broke apart in Earth s atmosphere around 33 miles high, causing a shockwave that could be measured and heard by instruments.
NASA revised its speed estimate on March 8 and said the meteor was traveling at around 42,000 miles per hour. This is more than 20 times faster than a rifle bullet, or 55 times faster than the speed of sound. The speed estimate was based on more than 100 eyewitness reports.
Those looking out at the night sky in Southwestern Ontario Friday night might have spotted a shooting star, or as it's technically known, a fireball shooting across the sky. This event was captured by several all-sky meteor cameras belonging to.