The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks at 10:00 pm, MST, on Sunday, December 13th; with a predicted peak rate of 120 meteors per hour.
With New Moon on the 16th, there will be no moonlight to wash out the sky, making this year’s Geminids a shower worth watching Sunday night.
The Geminid shower does not originate from a [...]
Wow! What a fireball. It’s the buzz that surrounds this event that has everyone clambering for more information. As we try to answer people’s questions, we’ve gathered some of the most reliable data available at this point. We know that the meteor’s path (in the area of Salt Lake City) had it moving roughly from [...]
This week’s Cosmic Quiz winner is Mary Newland, who asked, “Every year I like to watch the Perseids meteor shower. If the meteors are continually being shed, why does the comet not cease to exist?”
That is a great question!
As a matter of fact, comets do cease to exist over time.
Let’s start with some background information [...]
The night of May 5 through the early morning hours of May 6th will be the best time to see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. This meteor shower results from none other than Halley’s comet, last seen passing by in 1986.
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