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While most meteor showers originate from comets, the Geminids actually come from an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon. NASA researchers say the asteroid acts like a "weird" comet .
NEW YORK (AP) — A meteor streaked over the New York City skyline before disintegrating over nearby New Jersey, according to NASA. William Cooke, the head of the space agency's Meteoroid ...
Read more:A meteor streaked over New York City skyline before disintegrating over New Jersey Here are the steps experts suggest you take to fully appreciate the celestial light show. Look on the ...
This list of meteor streams and peak activity times is based on data from the International Meteor Organization while most of the parent body associations are from Gary W. Kronk book, Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jenniskens's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent ...
The Toms Canyon impact crater is a probable impact crater where one or more asteroids struck the Atlantic continental shelf, about 100 miles (160 km) east of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The submarine canyon is the drowned glacial-age mouth of Toms River .
The Lyrid meteor shower is among the oldest known meteor showers, dating back more than 2,700 years. According to NASA, the Chinese first observed the phenomenon in 687 B.C.
New Yorkers may be in luck, however, as the Quadrantids are best spotted in the northern hemisphere, though they are likely to peak around 12:45 a.m. EST Friday, according to the meteor society.
The burning remnant of a Chinese satellite that re-entered the atmosphere Saturday night. @rawsalerts/X The space junk entered the atmosphere above New Orleans around 10 p.m. @rawsalerts/X