Meteor shower from Halley's Comet peaks this weekend

Fox News | Sat, 04 May 2013 04:03:44 -0700

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower occurs each year in early May because the orbit of Halley's Comet closely approaches the orbit of Earth in two places. The first is the May timeframe, which leads to the Eta Aquarids. The other point occurs in mid-October, ...

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Comet ISON may spark unprecedented meteor shower

Catholic Online | Fri, 17 May 2013 11:18:32 -0700

Comet ISON is likely to spark a rather strange meteor shower, unprecedented in recorded history. Astronomers now predict that the Earth will be bombarded with tiny particles of comet dust in mid-January following ISON's dive past the sun. Noctilucent ...

NASA to live stream peak of Eta Aquarid meteor shower Sunday tonight starting ...

The Verge | Sun, 05 May 2013 15:11:46 -0700

NASA to live stream peak of Eta Aquarid meteor shower Sunday tonight starting at 9PM EST. By Chris Welch on May 5, 2013 06:00 pm @chriswelch 6Comments. Don't miss stories Follow The Verge. Follow. Perseid meteor shower. It's that time of year again: ...

Comet ISON Meteor Shower

Space Daily | Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:44:44 -0700

Veteran meteor researcher Paul Wiegert of the University of Western Ontario has been using a computer to model the trajectory of dust ejected by Comet ISON, and his findings suggest that an unusual meteor shower could be in the offing. "For several ...