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Quadrantid meteor shower: January’s first celestial event
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Leonid meteor shower peaks: How to see it
The annual Leonid meteor shower peaks late Friday night. According to NASA, the Leonids are debris shed by comet Tempel-Tuttle as it passes close to the sun. As bits of comet debris enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up, they leave…
Total Lunar Eclipse and Leonid Meteor Shower
The appearance of the Moon during the November 2022 total lunar eclipse. Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization StudioThe Moon goes all red, plus Leonid meteors!The Leonids will battle against moonlight this year, but anyone with a view…
Sturgeon Supermoon + Perseids Meteor Shower, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter & Vega
A supermoon rises behind the Washington Monument, Sunday, June 23, 2013, in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill IngallsThe next full moon is a marginal supermoon and is called the Sturgeon Moon. It’s also known as the Green Corn Moon, the…
Intel 14th Gen Core desktop “Meteor Lake” allegedly requires new LGA-2551 socket
Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor.Intel might be saying goodbye to LGA1700/1800 already in 2023According to the latest rumors from Moore’s Law is Dead, Raptor Lake-S might be the last desktop series for the LGA1700…
Tau Herculids meteor shower puts on a ‘decent’ display
The meteor shower peaked around 1 a.m. ET, with 10 to 25 meteors an hour spotted falling through the night sky, according to EarthSky.com, which described the meteor shower as "decent."The comet, officially known as…
Never-before-seen meteor shower may light up Utah’s sky Monday
Infrared image of Comet SW3 taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in 2006. The comet has been breaking up since 1995, providing possible conditions for a meteor shower…
Massive meteor crater discovered beneath Greenland’s ice much older than thought
The Hiawatha crater was exceptionally well preserved despite glacier ice being incredibly effective at erosion. Its state fueled talk that the meteorite might have hit as recently as 13,000 years ago. However, the crater, which is one…
Geminid meteor shower: How and when to watch
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.The Geminids will light up the night sky Monday night into Tuesday morning, and NASA calls…