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If you're a fan of spectacular sky things, make sure you reserve some outside night time in the middle of April as there will be plenty of flaming space rocks above us in the tri-state skies.
If you're a fan of spectacular sky things, make sure you reserve some outside night time in the middle of April as there will be plenty of flaming space rocks above us in our Wyoming skies.
Meteors from rare long-period comets Posted by May 27, 2021 Long-period comets may take thousands of years to orbit our sun once. This artist’s concept shows the meteoroid stream from long-period Comet Thatcher entering the solar system and looping around the sun. The outer blue ellipse is the orbit of Neptune. Comet Thatcher is responsible for April’s Lyrid meteor shower. Image via P. Jenniskens/ SETI Institute. Around the world, a network of low-light video security cameras are pointed at dark skies, capturing faint meteors and using triangulation to determine their trajectories and orb...
Reedsport to Brookings, places to stay; winter deals There have been sporadic reports of glowing waves along the Oregon coast for the last few weeks, and recently a big run of them has gotten plenty of notice up on the northern Washington coast. Since these dinoflagellates – the bioluminescent form of phytoplankton that causes this – are fair weather critters, that run of the right conditions is about to run out. Now is the time to look, but it's not guaranteed. Meanwhile, in the skies above all of planet Earth, the Lyrid meteor showers will be peaking tonight and tomorrow. To top it off,...
Article content The bad news is that with the sudden onslaught of overcast skies and snowfall over the past 24 hours, Montrealers were more than hard-pressed to catch the peak of the the Lyrids meteor shower on Wednesday. The good news? The shooting stars are continuing over the weekend. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Look up during clear skies, Montreal: the Lyrids meteor shower is falling above you Back to video “Meteor showers are very difficult to see in cities due to the light pollution, but if one can find a very dark patch of sky an...