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Quadrantid meteor shower: How to watch the first 'shooting stars' of 2025 rain over Earth tonightThe Quadrantids are the year's first shooting stars, peaking over North America between Jan. 3 and 4.
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Meteor strikes on the moon! Astronomer captures possible Geminid lunar impactsA Japanese astronomer captured several impacts on the moon during the Geminid meteor shower.
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Ursid meteor shower 2024: Where and when to see the final meteor shower of the yearHere's everything you need to know to catch the Ursids, the last meteor shower of 2024.
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The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight! How to see the year's last big display of 'shooting stars' before it's too late.The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight on Dec. 13 and 14. Up to 120 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth, but a near-full moon may hamper viewing.
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Meteorite found in a drawer at university contains 700-million-year-old evidence of water on MarsThe Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no clear indication of how it got there. A new analysis of the rock reveals evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago.
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Look for 'fireball' meteors over the US tonight as the North Taurid meteor shower peaksThe South Taurid and North Taurid meteor showers peak in early November. Here's everything you need to know about this month's doubleheader of shooting stars.
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Most of Earth's meteorites may have come from the same 3 spotsScientists say they've uncovered where the vast majority of Earth's meteorites came from.
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Watch huge fireball blaze over Lake Erie in stunning videosA fiery meteor shot across the sky above the Great Lakes on Monday (Oct. 21) just after sunset, stunning witnesses from Michigan to New York, Kentucky and North Carolina.
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Orionid meteor shower 2024: When to see 'shooting stars' from Halley's comet next weekThe Orionid meteor shower will peak this week as Earth busts through a stream of meteoroids left in the inner solar system by the famous Halley's comet.
