NASA CAMS Meteor Shower Portal
WEBNASA Meteor Shower Portal for the CAMS project that automates video surveillance of the night sky to map, monitor and validate the IAU Working List of Meteor Showers.
Meteor Showers - NASA
WEBMeteor Showers - NASA. NASA’s Webb Reveals Unusual Jets of Volatile Gas from Icy Centaur 29P. Via NASA Plane, Scientists Find New Gamma-ray Emission in Storm Clouds.
Best Meteor Shower of the Year Peaks This Weekend
WEBAug 7, 2023 · Best Meteor Shower of the Year Peaks This Weekend. The NASA All Sky Fireball Network is already detecting the first meteors of this year’s Perseid meteor shower! The meteor shower peaks on the night of August 12 as the Earth passes through the dustiest debris of comet Swift-Tuttle’s trails.
Perseid meteor shower put on quite a show when it peaked ... - CBS News
WEBAug 12, 2024 · The Perseid meteor shower peaked overnight Sunday into Monday, giving astronomy fans one of the best shows of 2024 as they look to the skies. The shower started in July and will continue...
Ancient Oort Cloud Comet to Make First Documented Pass By …
WEBOct 2, 2024 · An ancient celestial traveler identified in 2023 will make its first close pass by Earth in mid-October. Mark those calendars – because it won’t be back for another 80,000 years. The Oort Cloud comet, called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, was discovered in 2023, approaching the inner solar system on its highly elliptical orbit for the first ...
What’s Up: August 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA - Science@NASA
WEBJul 31, 2024 · The warm summer nights of August in the Northern Hemisphere make the Perseid meteor shower an annual favorite. This year's peak night for Perseids comes on August 11th, and into morning twilight on the 12th.
Lyrids - NASA Science
WEBApr 29, 2023 · The Lyrids meteor shower, which peaks during late April, is one of the oldest known meteor showers. The Lyrids have been observed for 2,700 years. The first recorded sighting of a Lyrid meteor shower goes back to 687 BC by the Chinese.
Watch early Perseid meteors light up the night in video from NASA…
WEBAug 9, 2021 · Fireballs blaze through the dark night sky in this NASA footage of the annual Perseid meteor shower. The video, captured overnight on Aug. 3-4, shows " shooting stars " or tiny space rocks...
In Depth | Perseids – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBThe Perseids are one of the most plentiful showers with about 50 to 100 meteors seen per hour. They occur with warm summer nighttime weather allowing sky watchers to comfortably view them. Perseids are also known for their fireballs.
When and where to see the Ursids, the last meteor shower to ... - CBS News
WEBDec 21, 2023 · The Ursids meteor shower is set to peak Thursday night into Friday morning, according to the American Meteor Society. The cosmic show, which will be the last meteor shower to peak in 2023,...