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New Chemical Signals From The Middle Of Our Galaxy Are A Good Sign For Alien...
Aliens! The recent discovery of molecular compounds integral to life on Earth in dusty clouds located deep in interstellar space is an encouraging sign that aliens could exist out in the universe.All...
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Two Big Meteor Showers Coming This Month
On October 31 2005, trick-or-treaters across the central U.S. eastern seaboard were treated to a brilliant fireball, a celestial spectacle that frequently graces October skies.Mid- to late October is...
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How To Watch This Week's Exceptionally Stunning Orionid Meteor Shower
The night skies for this year's Orionid Meteor Shower are expected to be especially dark this year, providing ideal viewing conditions. But if you're trying to learn the best time to watch you might be...
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Half Of The East Coast Saw A Bright, Green Meteor Last Night
At about 6:20 p.m. ET on Monday, reports started trickling in that a brilliantly bright, green fireball was tracing its way across the night sky.Over the course of the night, the American Meteor...
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Fantastically Bright, Green Meteor In Japan Caught In Amazing Videos
The evening of Nov. 3 had a big surprise for people in Japan: A big, bright meteor streaked across the sky, giving locals an absolutely stunning light show.You can see the green and orange light of the...
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Extremely Rare Mineral Was Just Found In A 450-Million-Year-Old Crater
While digging around an ancient meteorite impact crater in Wisconsin, researchers discovered an extremely rare mineral that's only previously been found in three other places. The mineral, called...
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There's An Incredible Meteor Shower Happening This Week
November is the time of year to watch one of the most brilliant meteor showers of the year: the Leonid meteor shower, also known as the Leonids.The Leonids became famous during the 17th century for...
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This Map Shows How Many Asteroids Have Hit Earth In The Last 10 Years
How hazardous are the thousands and millions of asteroids that surround the third rock from the Sun – Earth?Since an asteroid impact represents a real risk to life and property, this is a question that...
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There's A Mysterious Meteor Shower Happening This Weekend
This weekend is your chance to see an amazing, and equally mysterious, meteor shower called the Geminids meteor shower."The Geminids are my favorite," said NASA Astronomer Bill Cooke in a release,...
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How To Watch This Weekend's Mysterious Meteor Shower
This weekend is the last major meteor shower of the year — the Geminids meteor shower — and experts suspect it will be quite a show. "The Geminids are usually one of the two best meteor showers of the...
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Here's Who Will Get See This Weekend's Spectacular Meteor Shower
In the nighttime hours of Dec. 13, the streaking glow of falling stars will ignite across darkened skies, giving stargazers a glimpse of one of the most active meteor showers of the year: the Geminid...
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How To Watch Tonight's Meteor Shower
The Ursid meteor shower peaks tonight, and it should be a great show.When skywatchers think of meteor showers during the month of December, the Geminid shower (which peaked earlier this month) usually...
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The First Meteor Shower Of 2015 Is Happening This Weekend
Stargazers can start the New Year off with a bang this weekend as the first meteor shower of 2015 reaches its peak on Saturday night (Jan. 3).The first meteor display of the year will be the Quadrantid...
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This Is How Big A Meteorite Would Have To Be To Destroy All Human Life
When it comes to meteorites, the bigger they are, the more havoc they generally wreak.In 1997, University of Colorado geoscientist Brian Toon and colleagues predicted the aftermath of meteorite impacts...
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Last year a German scientist surveying Antarctica's King Baudouin Ice Shelf noticed a huge ring in an otherwise flat plain. Despite skeptics, he and his colleagues think they may have uncovered the...
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Scientists still haven’t solved the mystery of the asteroid that exploded...
Two years after an asteroid exploded over Russia and injured more than 1,200 people, the origin of the space rock still puzzles scientists.The 66-foot-wide (20 meters) asteroid broke up over the city...
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60 tons of cosmic dust falls on us every day
The earth is a dirty place, and we aren't getting much help from space. Every day, dust from meteorites, comets, and other 4.6 billion-year-old pieces of our solar system fall into the earth's...
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How to watch this week's dazzling meteor shower
There's a meteor shower this week that coincides with a crescent moon, which means good news for viewers."This year the moon will be a waxing crescent only 1/15th the brightness of a full moon, and it...
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How to watch this week's meteor shower created by Halley's Comet
Halley's Comet is visible from Earth only once every 75 years, but the meteor shower created from the tail of the comet comes around every year.This year, the best time to see the shower will be from...
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Get ready for one of the most spectacular celestial shows we can see from Earth
The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most spectacular celestial shows we can see from Earth, but the event is a little more violent for the moon.The Perseids happen every year starting at the end of...
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