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Stadium-Sized Asteroid Coming Closer Than Our Moon Is Easiest To See In Years

Stadium-Sized Asteroid Coming Closer Than Our Moon Is Easiest To See In Years

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Illustration of an asteroid racing towards Earth, created on July 19, 2015. (Illustration by Tobias … [+] Roetsch/Future Publishing via Getty Images) ...

Videos of ‘breathtaking’ blue meteor lighting up skies over Spain, Portugal stun netizens: Watch | World News

Videos of ‘breathtaking’ blue meteor lighting up skies over Spain, Portugal stun netizens: Watch | World News

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Social media is overwhelmed with videos of a giant blue shiny object lighting up the sky, with users claiming it is a ...

Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks tonight with up to 18 shooting stars overhead every hour

Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks tonight with up to 18 shooting stars overhead every hour

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The Lyrid Meteor Shower is active through most of April, but peaks tonight Eagle-eyed stargazers will be able to spot up to ...

Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks tonight with up to 18 shooting stars overhead every hour

Lyrid Meteor Shower will peak tomorrow with up to 18 shooting stars overhead every hour

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The Lyrid Meteor Shower is active through most of April, but peaks on 22 April Eagle-eyed stargazers will be able to spot ...

From a Total Solar Eclipse to 11 meteor showers: The stunning astronomical events set to grace our skies in 2024

From a Total Solar Eclipse to 11 meteor showers: The stunning astronomical events set to grace our skies in 2024

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

2024 may be the year that wealthy ‘space tourists’ pay billions of dollars to jet into orbit aboard luxury space pods.  But for ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower will peak TONIGHT with up to 110 shooting stars every hour

Quadrantid Meteor Shower will peak TONIGHT with up to 110 shooting stars every hour

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The first meteor shower of 2024 will peak tonight – and you don’t want to miss it It is among the strongest ...

How and when to see up to 150 multicoloured shooting stars every HOUR

How and when to see up to 150 multicoloured shooting stars every HOUR

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The ‘King of Meteor Showers’ will peak on the evening of December 14 There could be up to 150 multicoloured meteors passing ...

When to watch, where to look

When to watch, where to look

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Top astronomy events for November 2023 From a close encounter of Jupiter to a famous meteor shower, here are the top astronomy ...

Taurid Meteor Shower will peak this week with up to 5 shooting stars every hour

Taurid Meteor Shower will peak this week with up to 5 shooting stars every hour

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

From November 12 to 13 the Taurid Meteor Shower will reach its peak activity The sky will fill with ‘fireball’ meteors as ...