Science news articles about 'annual meteor shower'

The opening act of the annual meteor shower should be visible over the weekend, with the spectacle coming to a climax Monday evening and early Tuesday morning.

A new model suggests a comet breakup wiped out North America's big mammals—and the debris might still be creating an annual meteor shower.

This reliable annual meteor shower should put on a very strong display this year.

The Leonid meteor shower of 2010 will be coming in mid-November, but will be far weaker than previous displays in recent years.

One of the "Old Faithful" of the annual meteor showers will be reaching its peak this week.

If you lived outside of North America, this annual meteor shower offered a thrilling sight

Bright moonlight could outshine November's annual meteor showers — the Taurids and the Leonids.

The Geminid meteor shower, billed by NASA as the best of the year, begins Monday and is expected to peak on Tuesday night.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A rare daytime meteor was seen and heard streaking over northern Nevada and parts of California on Sunday, just after the peak of an annual meteor shower.

The annual meteor shower is off to an early start for skywatchers. John Chumack recorded the event using Western Sky Video Camera in Dayton, Ohio on August 2, 2012.

Debris from Temple-Tuttle comet will light up night sky all week in annual meteor shower

... litters the Earth's atmosphere with its debris in the annual meteor shower. Photographer John Chumack (galacticimages.com) captured the event from his home ...